- List all branches:
git branch - List all remote branches:
git branch -aa - Create the branch on your local machine and switch to this branch:
git checkout -b <branch name> - Create a new branch:
git branch <branch name> - Rename current branch:
git branch -m <new branch name> - Rename other branch:
git branch -m <old branch name> <new branch name> - Delete a branch:
git branch -d <branch name>
- List all commits from all branches:
git log --all - Check the history of a file:
git log <filename> - Compare two branches by showing which commits from the first branch are missing from the second branch:
git log [first branch name]..[second branch name] - Show git log based on commit author:
git log --author="Author Name" - Show git log with date:
git log --before="Oct 20"
- Check the state of the working directory and the staging area:
git status
- Trigger an empty commit to start some jobs :
git commit --allow-empty -m "Trigger notification"
- Pull changes from remote:
git pull
- Add a change in a file to the staging area:
git add <file name> - Stage everything in the directory:
git add .
- Change the message of the last commit:
git commit --amend - Undo uncommitted changes to a file:
git checkout <filename> - Revert all the changes in the current working directory with the checked out branch:
git checkout . - Revert the previous commit:
git revert HEAD - Revert the changes from previous 3 commits without making commit:
git revert --no-commit HEAD~3. - Discard all local changes to all files permanently:
git reset --hard - Discard all local changes, but save them for later:
git stash
Thank you. Share feedback and git commands you find useful in the comments .
git commit –allow-empty -m “Trigger notification”
This one is new learning for me.
This has helped me a lot to trigger Jenkins build 🙂
Great to see you as blogger Rajesh 🙂
Hey Shiva.. thanks for the comment … good to see you
hey Shiva.. so good to hear from you !