Git Commands

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A list of random, but useful git commands

Git command	What it does
git checkout [branch-name]	Checkout a branch that already exists (local or remote)
git checkout -b [branch-name]	Create and checkout a branch locally
git checkout master	Checkout the master branch
git clone [url] [dir]	Clone a repo from url to a directory
git fetch origin	Update and pull from origin
git pull	Get the latest copy of the repo
git pull origin master	Get the latest master from the origin
git checkout -- [file-name]	Revert file-name to the version in the repo
git remote update	Updates all of your local branches that are set to track remote ones, does not merge any commits.
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git branch -a	List all branches locally and origin
git branch -d [branch]	Delete a branch
git remote prune origin	Remove listings of deleted remote branches. Delete remote branches will still appear when you do git branch -a unless you use this command before.
git remote prune origin --dry-run	Shows what deleted remote branches would be removed by using git remote prune origin. Only shows what would be removed, does remove anything.
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git add [file-name]	Add a file to the staging area for committing
git add \*.[type]	Add all files of type to the staging area for committing
git add -u	Add all modified files to the staging area for committing
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git mv [file-name] [folder]	Move a file to a new folder
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git commit -m "[descriptive-message]"	Commit the staged area with a descriptive message
git commit -m "Jenkins retest this please" --allow-empty	Asks Jenkins to retest a pull request. allow-empty flag allows you to do it without any associated changes
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git merge [branch-name]	Merge the changes from [branch] to the one you have currently checked out, typically master to your dev branch
git submodule update --merge	Update all submodules and merge them
git submodule update --remote	Update the submodule references on the remote system to the current commits
git submodule update	Update your local submodules to those referenced on the remote system
git rebase master	USE ONLY ON LOCAL BRANCHES - reapply your changes to the most recently pulled master
git submodule update --init	'clear out' any submodules with new commits
git submodule status <path>	status of the submodule(s) at this moment, e.g. what the current checkout commit of the submodule is
git submodule status --cached <path>	status of the submodule(s) as they appear in the index, e.g. the expected commit associated with EPICS working copy
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git push -u origin [branch-name]	Push a new branch to the origin
git push origin [branch-name]	Push a branch to the origin
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git status	Get the status information
git status -s	Get a summarised status, note that M means Modified, ?? Mean untracked
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git clean -f	Remove unstaged files
git clean -f -d	Remove unstaged files and directories
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git ls-remote --get-url	Get the remote URL of a repository
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git stash	Put all current modifications onto a stack
git stash apply	Apply the changes from the last stash
git stash drop stash@{0}	Drop the most recent stash from the stack
git stash pop	Apply and drop the most recent stash from the stack
git stash branch [branch-name]	Creates a new branch from the commit when the branch was stashed, applies the stash, and if successful drops the stash
git stash clear	Delete all stashes
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git rm [file-name]	Remove a file from the staging area
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git log	View the commit history
git log -[n]	Limit the number of entries shown by the log
git log -p	Show the diffs as well as the log
git log --stat	Abbreviated stats for each commit
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git commit --amend	Allows you to amend you last commit (missing files, or alter message)
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git reset HEAD [file-name]	Unstage a file
git reset --hard [sha]	Reset the branch to a specific checkout
git reset -- soft HEAD ~	Reverse the commit to the previous one
git reset HEAD ~	unstage all files
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git log -1 HEAD	Get the commit info for the most recent commit
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`git config -l --global	grep http`
`git config -l	grep http`
git config --global --unset-all http.proxy	Remove http proxies from global config
git config --global --unset-all https.proxy	Remove https proxies from global config
git config --unset-all http.proxy	Remove http proxies from local config
git config --unset-all https.proxy	Remove https proxies from local config

Remove/Move tags

1. git tag list tags
2. git tag -d <tagname> remove the tag locally
3. git push origin :refs/tags/<tagname> push the removed tag to remote
4. git tag <tagname> <commitId> create the new tag pointing at the right place
5. git push origin <tagname> push the new tag to the repo

Set local branch to be the same as remote

To set the local master branch to be the same as remote do:

git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master

This can be in response to the error:

remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for refs/heads/master.
remote: error: At least 1 approving review is required by reviewers with write access.