A collection of useful Git commands and aliases
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
git log -S "foobar" | Search the string "foobar" in all diff |
git log -G "foo.*" | Search the regex "foo.*" in all diff |
git log --grep="foobar" | Search the string "foobar" in all commits messages |
git log --reverse | Reverse the order of the log output |
git log --no-merges | Hide the merge commits from the log output |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
git checkout - | Checkout the last branch where you were. (Note : Alias of git checkout @{-1}) |
git branch --merged master | Show all branches already merged into master |
git remote prune origin | Remove all remote branches that no longer exist |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
git diff --cached | Show the changes between the index and the current HEAD |
git diff HEAD | Show the changes between the working directory and the HEAD |
git diff --name-status <sha1> <sha1> | Show the changed files names with status between two SHA1 commits |
[alias] # Basics co = checkout st = status wtf = status br = branch # Log lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative last = log -1 # Resetting undo = git reset --soft HEAD^