Some advices and useful commands for git. This is a compilation of these three web-pages. For intermediate git users.

Useful commands

git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U # ref
git config --global alias.conflicts "diff --name-only --diff-filter=U"
git rebase --onto NEW_BASE_COMMIT CHANGE_FROM_COMMIT CHANGE_END_COMMIT
git clone --depth 1 --branch BRANCH_NAME REMOTE_REPO_URL # shallow clone specific branch
git remote set-branches origin '*'; git fetch -v; git checkout the-branch-i-ve-been-looking-for # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23708231/git-shallow-clone-clone-depth-misses-remote-branches
git fetch --unshallow # to full clone

NAME

git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
SYNOPSIS

git rev-list [<options>] <commit>…​ [[--] <path>…​]

git grep PATTERM $(git rev-list --all -- PATH) -- PATH # search all changes for this pattern

split feature!! clean, so you know it.

You want branch descriptions:

git branch --edit-description

This will open up your editor and let you attach metadata to the branch. You can extract it with:

git config branch.<branch>.description

A couple of important notes:

    This is stored locally. By definition it can't be pushed since it's stored in .git/config. All the same it works great for this use case.

    If you delete the branch, the description will delete as well.

    You can push this description into merge commits if you set git config --global merge.branchdesc true. This means when you issue git merge --log <branch>, it'll force the branch description into the stock merge commit message. This has a lot of uses. For example, this is how I track topic branch release notes at my employer.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11886132/can-i-add-a-message-note-comment-when-creating-a-new-branch-in-git

Great advices

Coding/Actions/CI
- Clone almost anything
- Pull frequently
- Commit early and often
- Comment your commits as you would have others comment theirs
- Push when your changes are tested
- Branch freely
- Merge carefully
- Stash before switching branches
- Use editors and IDEs that “git it” (so you can do above things easily)
- Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions
- Build and publish packages
- Check and resolve your security advisories and alerts
- Scan your code for vulnerabilities
- Publish your documentation pages
Sharing
- Fork a repo
- Use gists to share snippets and pastes
- Explore GitHub
- Contribute to open source projects
- Watch projects
- Follow friends
- Send pull requests
- Create and resolve issues
- Write informative README pages
- Use Markdown
- Convert your older repos to Git
- Use GitHub project boards
- Collaborate on documentation in wikis
My suggestions
- tag your commits (adding more information to your code)
- Include batteries (tests and examples)

gitlab 15 Git tips to improve your workflow

git aliases
See the repository status in your terminal’s prompt (edit PS1)

Compare commits from the command line

  git diff $start_commit..$end_commit -- path/to/file  # compare changes between the commits, you can also specify HEAD@{yesterday}

Stashing uncommitted changes
Pull frequently
Autocomplete commands (Tab), so your loop can be faster

Set a global .gitignore

  touch ~/.gitignore
  git config --global core.excludesFile ~/.gitignore

Enable Git’s autosquash feature by default
```
  git rebase -i --autosquash
  git config --global rebase.autosquash true
```
git rebase --interactive --autosquash only picks up on commits with a message that begins fixup! or squash!, and Git still gives you the chance to to move things around in your editor like a regular interactive rebase. You can check more details in this thoughtbot blog post

git blame

  git blame -w  # ignores white space
  git blame -M  # ignores moving text
  git blame -C  # ignores moving text into other files

Add an alias to check out merge requests locally In your .gitconfig file

  [alias]
    mr = !sh -c 'git fetch $1 merge-requests/$2/head:mr-$1-$2 && git checkout mr-$1-$2' -

  git mr upstream 5

An alias of HEAD Breaking news: @ is the same as HEAD. Using it during a rebase is a lifesaver:
```
  git rebase -i @~2 # rebase from the second pevious to HEAD
```
git reset / git checkout to undo changes

opensource.com 13 Git tips for Git’s 13th birthday

.gitconfig file
- your ~/.gitconfig file (you need set git config your name and email for first use of git. it is saved to this file)
- your repo’s .gitconfig
aliases (faster command)
- git config --global --add alias.st status, so git st will do the same as git status
- previous command will save to the ~/.gitconfig file
- you can also aliases to shell commands, e.g., put the following command to the alias section in your .gitconfig.
```
  upstream-merge = !"git fetch origin -v && git fetch upstream -v && git merge upstream/master && git push"
```

visializing the commit graph using this git alias

  [alias]
      logp = log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate=full
      logt = log --pretty=oneline --graph --topo-order
      logd = log --pretty=oneline --graph --date-order
      loga = log --oneline --decorate=full
      lg1 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' --all
      lg2 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)' --all
      lg = !"git lg1"

a nicer force-push Use git push --force-with-lease, it will not allow you to force-push if the remote branch has been updated. So you won’t throw away someone else’s work

more fine-grained add/change

  git add -N # then you can use git diff show differences before you use git add -a, you can check it
  git add -p # more fine grained
  git checkout -p
  git rebase -x/ git rebase --exec YOUR_COMMAND_TO_TEST # you can run test suit after each rebase commit

time-based revision references

  git diff HEAD@{yesterday} # compare current HEAD with the HEAD of yesterday
  git diff HEAD@{'2 months ago'}
  git diff HEAD@{'2010-01-01 12:00:00'}

git rebase and git reflog if you ever found you rebased away a committed changes, you can use git reflog to find it.
keep it clean git branch --merged to get the list of merged branches. Then you can clean it up

Version history

v1 20200720 draft