README.md

README

Demonstrates some examples of using git queries and tools

Contents

• README
  • Contents
  • Sections
  • Installing a new machine
  • Upgrade
  • Git Extras
  • Open repo in code
  • Examining repos
  • Clean
  • Resources

TODO:

• Deleting branches
• git filter-repo - https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
• git reset --hard origin/feature reset against a new pushed version of a branch.
• .gitattributes https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
• git update-index --assume-unchanged sites/default/settings.php
• git check-ignore vscode/list_extensions.sh
• git bisect example
• https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes
• Do some tests on HEAD. git log HEAD -n 1, git log origin/HEAD -n 1. Fixing git log origin/HEAD..HEAD -n 1 missing git remote set-head origin -a https://learnku.com/articles/71493

Sections

• FAQS - FAQS.md
• Rebasing fun - REBASING_FUN.md
• Squashing Walkthrough - SQUASHING_WALKTHROUGH.md
• Reverting and Rollback Walkthrough - ROLLBACK_WALKTHROUGH.md
• Creating new repos - NEW_REPOS.md
• Patching - PATCHING.md
• Hooks - HOOKS.md
• Worktrees - WORKTREES.md
• Stashing - STASH.md
• Searching - SEARCHING.md
• Git Crypt - GIT_CRYPT.md
• Helper Scripts - HELPER_SCRIPTS.md

Installing a new machine

Goto chrisguest75/sysadmin_examples08_ssh/README.md to show how to generate keys.

git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
git config --local user.name "Chris Guest"

Upgrade

# see latest version of git
brew info git

# take latest version
brew upgrade git

Git Extras

Git extras are a set of helpers for git.

MacOS

# see latest version of git-extras
brew info git-extras

# macosx extras and gh cli
brew install git-extras

# github cli
brew install gh

# gitlab cli
brew install glab  

Linux
brew.sh required for gh on ubuntu/debian linuxbrew

# debian
apt install git-extras

Open repo in code

# sometimes you might be in a subdirectory in the repo
code $(git root)

Examining repos

# count number of commits
git rev-list HEAD --count

# Files changed since yesterday on current branch.
git effort -- --since='yesterday'
git effort -- --since='1 month ago'

Clean

To restore a repo to a fresh clone.

# -x Don’t use the standard ignore rules
# -d Specify -d to have it recurse into such directories
# -f Force
git clean -xfd

Resources

• Git --fast-version-control here
• git-extras are a really good set of useful supplementary commands.
• github cli tool that supports creating PRs directly from the shell
• Git Release Notes here
• Git blog from github here
• Git Rev News here
• Learn Git Branching here