https://github.com/daoodaba975/git.jafewoul
⚙️ A collection of very useful and little-known Git commands.
https://github.com/daoodaba975/git.jafewoul
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⚙️ A collection of very useful and little-known Git commands.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/daoodaba975/git.jafewoul
- Owner: daoodaba975
- Created: 2022-04-03T15:41:03.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-19T17:32:21.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-26T22:36:04.048Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: command, git
- Homepage:
- Size: 9.77 KB
- Stars: 11
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
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# Git Jafewoul ⚙️
A collection of very useful and little-known Git commands.
Version **FR** 👉🏽 **[here](translate/README-fr.md)**
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### Configure your name and email
```properties
git config --global user.name "your_username"
git config --global user.email your_email_address
```
### Create and switch a branch (one line)
```properties
git checkout -b new_branch
# or
git switch -c new_branch
```
### Delete a branch present on the remote repo
```properties
git push origin --delete
# after
name_of_my_remote_branch
```
### Rename an existing branch
```properties
git branch -m old_branch new_branch
```
### Update the local repository of a specific branch
```properties
git pull origin my_branch
```
### Clone a specific branch
```properties
git clone -b name_of_my_remote_branch git_project_url
```
### Edit last commit message
```properties
git commit --amend
```
### Add (forgotten) files to last commit
```properties
git add my_file
# after
git commit --amend
```
### Show all commit information (hash, messages, dates, author)
```properties
git log
```
### Show information about a specific commit count
```properties
# replace N with the number of commits you want to display
git log -N
```
### Displays a set of commits according to a date slice
```properties
# date in DD/MM/YYYY format
git log --since=date --until=date
```
### Shows each commit by author (useful on group projects)
```properties
git shortlog
```
### Displays a graphical repository browser
```properties
# it can be thought of as a GUI wrapper for git log command
gitk
```
### Undo last commit (soft)
```properties
# only the commit is removed from Git, your files remain modified
git reset HEAD^
```
### Undo before last commit
```properties
# only the commit is removed from Git, your files remain modified
git reset HEAD^^
```
### Undo commits and lose all changes (hard)
```properties
# this will unconfirm all your work
git reset --hard HEAD^
```
### Search for a specific word or phrase in the files of a Git repository
```properties
# to search for all occurrences of "hello"
git grep "hello"
```
### fsck (File System Check) is used to verify the integrity of a Git repository
```properties
# detects and reports corrupted objects or broken links in the repository
git fsck
```