{"id":152,"date":"2016-06-08T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mberlove.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2016-06-08T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:25:56","slug":"git-common-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mberlove.com\/blog\/git-common-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Git: Common Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a git user I am no expert. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know if I’ll ever be, yet I use it every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I’m not alone — many people recognize the critical role version control plays in development work, but it’s challenging to find time to take yourself from a working knowledge to even a moderate expertise.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s something we can all work on. It would serve us well, since a working knowledge often has gaps, gaps which become a hassle in daily work life. Many times I’ve had to look up very straightforward tasks simply because I’d never learned to perform that task in git! And what I often find is that I am only one of many, many developers asking the same kinds of questions — and more often than not, the solution is a simple, one-line command!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of simple, common tasks that perhaps don’t come up as often as the standard “clone – fetch – merge – pull – add- commit – push” commands you use everyday. Hopefully, you’ll recognize something in this list and make your life a bit easier\u00a0 (or at least save you a google search next time).<\/p>\n

Check your branch<\/h1>\n
git branch<\/pre>\n
or<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
git status<\/pre>\n
(the latter also gives you additional info).<\/p>\n
List remote repos<\/h1>\n
git remote -v<\/pre>\n
Move to a previous commit (temporarily)<\/h1>\n
git checkout <commit><\/pre>\n
You can find the commit id with git log.<\/p>\n
Move to a previous commit (permanently)<\/h1>\n
git reset --hard <commit><\/pre>\n
Oops! Wrong branch — switch my uncommitted changes to a new branch.<\/h1>\n
git checkout -b <new-branch-name><\/pre>\n
Compare the changes to a file between commits<\/h1>\n
git diff HEAD~1 HEAD <file><\/pre>\n
Replace the ‘1’ with the number of commits back you want to compare. Leave off the filename to see all files.<\/p>\n
Remove cached files (e.g. previously committed files now in .gitignore)<\/h1>\n
git rm --cached<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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