The “git config” command is used to manage custom configuration options for Git repositories. Git allows you to customize various aspects of its behavior through configuration settings. These configurations can be set at different levels: local (specific to the current repository) or global (applied to the current user across all repositories). When you run the […]
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git commit: Commit files to the repository
The “git commit” command is used to save changes made to the files in your Git repository. It creates a new commit that represents a snapshot of the project’s state at that specific point in time. Each commit in Git records a set of changes, along with metadata such as the author, committer, timestamp, and […]
git commit-tree: Low level utility to create commit objects
The “git commit-tree” command is a low-level Git command used to create commit objects directly without using the Git index or working tree. It allows you to construct and populate a commit object manually, specifying the tree, parent commits, author, committer, and commit message. When you run the “git commit-tree” command, you provide the commit […]
git commit-graph: Write and verify Git commit-graph files
The “git commit-graph” command is a Git command used to manage and work with commit-graph files in a Git repository. The commit-graph feature was introduced in Git version 2.18 to improve the performance of certain Git operations, such as commit traversal and revision history queries. The commit-graph is a data structure that represents the commit […]
git cola: A powerful Git GUI with a slick and intuitive user interface
Git Cola is a powerful graphical user interface (GUI) tool for Git version control. It provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface to interact with Git repositories. Here’s an elaboration on its features and functionality: Git Cola offers a range of capabilities that make it easier to visualize and manage Git repositories: Repository Visualization: Git Cola […]
git clone: Clone an existing repository
The git clone command in Git is used to create a copy of an existing repository. When you clone a repository, you create a local copy on your machine that contains the entire history, branches, tags, and files of the original repository. Here’s an elaboration on its usage and functionality: To clone a repository, you […]
git clean: Remove untracked files from the working tree
The git clean command in Git is used to remove untracked files from the working tree. Untracked files are files that are not being tracked by Git, meaning they are not part of any commit history. Here’s an elaboration on its usage and functionality: When you run git clean, it scans the working tree and […]
git cherry: Find commits that have yet to be applied upstream
The git cherry command in Git allows you to find commits that exist in one branch but have not been applied upstream, meaning they have not been merged or cherry-picked into another branch. It helps identify commits that are unique to a branch and have not been incorporated into the main branch or any other […]
git cherry-pick: Apply the changes introduced by existing commits to the current branch
The git cherry-pick command in Git allows you to apply the changes made in existing commits to the current branch. It allows you to select specific commits and incorporate their changes without merging the entire branch. Here’s an elaboration on its usage and functionality: When you use git cherry-pick, you specify the commit(s) you want […]
git checkout: Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
The git checkout command in Git is used to switch between different branches or restore files from a specific commit to the working tree. Here’s an elaboration on its usage and functionality: When used to switch branches, git checkout allows you to navigate between different branches in your Git repository. By specifying the name of […]