17 Git Tips For Everyday Use – Noteworthy - The Journal Blog

17 Git Tips For Everyday Use – Noteworthy - The Journal Blog

1. Parameters for better logging
   git log --oneline --graph
2. Log actual changes in a file
   git log -p filename
3. Only Log changes for some specific lines in file
   git log -L 1,1:some-file.txt
4. Log changes not yet merged to the parent branch
   git log --no-merges master..
5. Extract a file from another branch
   git show some-branch:some-file.js
6. Remember the branch structure after a local merge
   git merge --no-ff
7. Fix your previous commit, instead of making a new commit
   git commit --amend
8. Three stages in git, and how to move between them
   git reset --hard HEAD and git status -s
9. Revert a commit, softly
   git revert -n
10. Ignore the white space
    git diff -w
11. Only "add" some changes from a file
    git add -p
12. Discover and zap those old branches
    git branch -a
13. Stash only some files
    git stash -p
14. Good commit messages
15. Git Auto-completion
16. Create aliases for your most frequently used commands
17. Quickly find a commit that broke your feature (EXTRA AWESOME)
    git bisect

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