git-notes.md

quick notes on Git

1. usecases

• get recent changes from another branch
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37709298/how-to-get-changes-from-another-branch (2nd preferred)
• keep Git history while mv-ing them

2. submodule

• git submodule update --init --recursive
• git submodule -b <branch> add <repo url> for specific branch
• git checkout <branch> to attach HEAD to submodules
• git submodule update --remote
• completely remove a submodule

3. patch add

• git add -p <>

4. remove all history concerning one file, when you accidentally pushed some sensitive information