User:PEZ/Git things
Thought I could use a wiki page here as a solutions log for git tricks I stumble across.
Resources
The Git Pro book and site has been absolutely invaluable to me to get rid of the feeling that Git always surprises me. http://progit.org/ I have the .epub on both my iPhone and iPad.
A few days ago I found this really cool site about figuring git out: http://think-like-a-git.net/ It's really fun to read too.
Colors
Colored highlights help me a lot when trying to make sense of Git output. I have this in my ~/.gitconfig:
[color] ui = true
Graph log
Yes, a GUI tool is often best to get an overview of the history. But I tend to stay at my prompt often and then this alias comes in handy:
[alias] lg = log --graph --color --all --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
(Add to your .gitconfig.)
Oneliners
(Of course, some of these can be turned into git aliases or functions in your shell if you find you use them often.)
git summary
A bit like hg summary.
$ git log -1 --summary --stat
Undelete
You knew there was a file named foo.txt some time ago and want it back? Try this:
$ git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- foo.txt b193eecf895e45b4f875eb4e6030f2c2e9fac897 $ git checkout b193eecf895e45^ -- foo.txt