Popular `git` terminal commands
Find all files in a directory that don't contain a string
Finds all files in a repository that don't contain a given pattern.
Authored by: ghostdog74
Search committed files
Search for a pattern among all committed files in a repository.
Authored by: Jeet
Change URL of remote git repository
Sets the URL for a remote git repository to a new URL
Authored by: hobbs
Create new git remote branch
Creates a new local git branch and pushes the branch to a remote server to create a remote branch of the same name.
Authored by: Ikke
Delete local and remote git branch
Deletes a branch both locally and remotely. The first command deletes the remote branch, whereas the second command deletes the command locally.
Authored by: Matthew Rankin
Delete local git branch
Deletes a local git branch only if it has been fully merged into the upstream branch. To force delete the branch irrespective of the its merged status, add the `--force` flag.
Authored by: Matthew Rankin
Delete remote git branch
Deletes a remote git branch. A local git branch of the same name, if any, will remain untouched.
Authored by: Matthew Rankin
Modify the most recent commit message
Ammends the most recent git commit with a new message. This will not update the commit on a remote branch unless you force push the branch,
Authored by: lfx_cool
Push a tag to a remote git repository
Pushes a single tag to a remote server
Authored by: Trevor
Remove a git submodule
Removes all traces of a git submodule from a repository. The `.git` dir of the submodule is kept around in the `/modules` folder of the main projects `.git` dir to make it possible to checkout past commits without requiring fetching from another repository.
Authored by: John Douthat
Rename local git branch
Renames a local git branch while keeping the name of the upstream branch unchanged.
Authored by: siride
Reset file back to git revision
Resets a file back to a specific commit hash.
Authored by: Chris Lloyd
Reset local branch to match remote branch
Resets a local branch to match a remote branch by pulling the most recent changes from the remote branch and then force resetting the local branch to match the remote branch.
Authored by: Dan Moulding
Set upstream branch
Sync the local branch to the remote branch with the same name.
Squash last n commits together
Squashes the last n commits together. This approach requires rewriting a commit message for the new sqashed changes, unlike running `git rebase`.
Authored by: Chris Johnsen
Undo git add
Removes a file that was staged for commit by `git add`. Executing `git reset` withou any file name will unstage all changes.
Authored by: genehack
Undo most recent git commit
Undos the last git commit while leaving the working tree (the state of the files on disk) untouched.
Authored by: Mark Amery