Fun with Git

Some more advanced uses of git and links to the docs. Github repo also has examples of a good git-hook

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1. Fun With Git Hooking into the power of Git
2. Andrew Strovers Developer at RaceNote
3. Fun with Git Diff Piping the output to a different program (Ex: git `diff | mate`) Diffing between branches (Ex: `git diff master..HEAD`) Diffing for a single file (Ex: `git diff -- path/to/file`) git diff documentation
4. Fun with Git Stash Stashing changes when you are asked to make a Hotfix (Ex: `git stash`) Adding a description to your stash (Ex: `git stash save “message here”`) Viewing a list of your stashed items (Ex: `git stash list`) Popping stashed items from the list (Ex: `git stash pop stash@{#}` *Destructive*) Applying stashed items from the list (Ex: `git stash apply stash@{#}`) git stash documentation
5. Fun with Git Hooks Run linter on code before you commit it to the repository Push a slack notification whenever you update the remote repository Create a personal log of commits for your own sake Automatically run test suite before committing to the repository git hook documentation
6. Tools to Make Your (git) Life Easier! Git-up: (https://github.com/aanand/git-up) Not maintained anymore but it still works currently. Git-flow: (https://github.com/nvie/gitflow) Git-plus: (https://github.com/tkrajina/git-plus)
7. And finally... Some pictures!