Git notes

links

• http://ohshitgit.com/ - when something went wrong - [#git #fail #tips]
• git-change-date - cli to change old commits author and committer dates - [#git #cli #rebase]
• git-flight-rules - a guide about what to do when things go wrong [#git #cheat-sheet #guide]

snippets

• clean up branches that have been merged into master:

# for remote
git-sweep cleanup
# for local
git remote add local $(pwd)
git-sweep cleanup --origin=local

• remove tags [#git #tags #script]:

# remote
git push --delete origin v2.5.4
# local
git tag -d v2.5.4

• get number of commits per author [#git #script #count]:

git shortlog -sne --no-merges

• get number of files in repo [#git #script #count]:

git ls-files | wc -l

• get number of lines in repo [#git #script #count]:

git ls-files | xargs cat | wc -l
git ls-files | xargs wc -l # detailed

• work with stash [#git #stash]:

git stash show -p stash@{2}
git stash apply stash@{2}
git stash drop stash@{2}

• patch from uncommited changes [#git #patch]:

git diff --cached > mypatch.patch # --cached for staged changes

• revert modified file [#git #revert]:

git checkout -- index.js

• delete commits from history [#git #revert #remove #rebase]:

git rebase --onto <branch name>~<first commit number to remove> <branch name>~<first commit to be kept> <branch name>

git rebase --onto master~3 master~1 master

• delete all branches by pattern [#git #remove #branch]:

git branch --list 'temp*' | xargs git branch -D