Git - How to unfuck

Use Git on the command line – useful hints and how to undo common mistakes

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1. GIT: How to unfuck Use GIT on the command line – useful hints and how to undo common mistakes https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/5421517469/
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3. About Melanie 2011
4. “The command line is the only place you can run all Git commands.” https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-The-Command-Line
5. Git 101 git push git commit git add <filename> git pull
6. Git 101 git push git commit git add <filename> git pull
7. Git 101 git push git commit git add <filename> git pull
8. Git 101 git push git commit git add <filename> git pull Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository
9. Git basics Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository
10. Just looking around git diff git diff HEAD git diff origin git diff --staged git diff Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository -w == --ignore-all-space
11. Git 101 git push git commit git add <filename> git pull Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository
12. 12 What is a commit, actually?
13. Git push fails, git pull results in conflicts git push git commit git add <filename> Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository git pull git mergetool
15. Stashes git stash git push git commit git add <filename> Local repository Stage Workspace Remote repository git stash pop git stash Stash git pull -u == --include-untracked
16. Branches git branch itty-feature big-feature * master HEAD -a == all -r == remote --merged time commit
17. Switching between branches git checkout <branchname> git checkout - * itty-feature big-feature master
18. A new branch git checkout -b <branchname> git merge master itty-feature * big-feature master
19. Going back in time itty-feature big-feature * master git checkout <SHA> git checkout HEAD
20. History git log --graph --oneline
21. Don‘t lose your HEAD
22. references the commit 1 before HEAD references to the 1st parent of HEAD history of movement of HEAD, can be seen in git reflog reattach HEAD to tip of branch Don’t lose your HEAD git checkout HEAD~1 git checkout HEAD^1 git checkout HEAD@{1} git checkout <branchname>
23. Reflog is your friend git reflog
24. Moving the HEAD around git reset --hard HEAD@{1} git reset --soft HEAD@{1} removes one commit and all work – all uncommitted changes are lost forever undoes one commit and puts the work from that commit back in the workspace
25. When you fucked up… Keep calm and get help
26. Started working in master
27. Started working in master git stash git checkout <branchname> git stash pop git commit –a git push or create a new one with “-b”, then you don’t need to stash
28. Retrieving stash causes conflicts
29. Retrieving stash causes conflicts git stash pop git reset --soft HEAD if there are conflicts when you run “git stash pop”, Git will not drop the stash
30. Stash is super old
31. Stash is super old git stash list git stash show -p stash@{5} git stash branch <branchname> stash@{5} shows content of stash creates a new branch from the commit where stash was created, checks it out and retrieves the stash
32. Typo in branch name
33. Typo in branch name git branch –m <oldbranch> <newbranch> rename branch
34. Staged a file, but it needs to be ignored
35. Staged a file, but it needs to be ignored git rm --staged <filename> removes file from tracking but leaves the file untouched on disk
36. Typo in commit message
37. Typo in commit message
38. Typo in commit message git commit --amend changes the last commit message
39. Forgot to commit a file
40. Forgot to commit a file git add <missing file> git commit --amend uses the previous commit message
41. Undo all this amending
42. Undo all this amending git reset --soft HEAD@{1} git commit –C HEAD@{1} -C: reuse log message, author, timestamp
43. Delete the branch
44. Delete the branch git branch –d <branchname> git branch –D <branchname> git push origin :<branchname> delete branch force delete branch. Like rm -rf also remote
45. Intermission Coffee break for your brain
46. Committed broken code and pushed it
47. Committed broken code and pushed it git revert <SHA> git commit Creates a new commit that's the inverse of the given hash. Anything removed in the old commit will be added in the new commit. Anything added in the old commit will be removed in the new commit.
48. Committed and pushed to wrong branch
49. Committed and pushed to wrong branch git checkout <wrong_branch> git reset --soft HEAD^ git stash git checkout <branchname> git stash pop git commit git push origin <branchname> git checkout <wrong_branch> git push --force origin <wrong_branch> make sure you’re in the wrong branch reset the branch back one commit you will need to rewrite the message force push commit deletion to original branch
50. Committed in detached HEAD
51. Committed in detached HEAD git checkout -b <branchname> git merge origin <source_branch> now you can push like in any other branch adds current state of branch to latest changes
52. Don’t want to deal with merge conflicts now
53. Don’t want to deal with merge conflicts now git merge --abort undo the merge and already resolved conflicts, so you go back to your last commit
54. Need files from another branch
55. Need files from another branch git checkout <branch> -- <filename> git checkout <branch> -- <folder>/* copy file without merging copy all files in folder
56. Need a single commit from another branch
57. Need a single commit from another branch git checkout <another_branch> git log git checkout <branchname> git cherry-pick <SHA> returns list of commit hashes and messages apply the changes introduced by this commit
58. Need changes from another branch, but must not commit them
59. Need changes from another branch, but must not commit them git merge <other_branch> git reflog git reset --soft <SHA> git add -p go back before the merge, but keep changes in workspace only commit your changes using patch mode
60. Don’t want to commit all changes in one file git add -p Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,/,j,J,g,e,?]? patch mode y - yes, stage this hunk n - no, do not stage this hunk ? - print help
61. Accidentally used hard reset, last commit is gone
62. Accidentally used hard reset, last commit is gone https://philna.sh/blog/2017/01/04/git-back-to-the-future/ git reflog git reset --hard <SHA> shows moving to HEAD~1 plus last commit
63. Someone named branch like an existing file
64. Someone named branch like an existing file git checkout <xxx> git checkout <xxx> -- will checkout the file will checkout the branch “--” makes clear that the <xxx> part is a branch, everything after “--” must be a file path
65. Danger Zone Changing history
66. Committed and pushed a password Changing history
67. Committed and pushed a password git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --staged --ignore-unmatch <file_path>’ --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all echo "<file_path>" >> .gitignore git commit -a git push --force --all --v --dry-run git push --force --all git push --force --tags git for-each-ref --format='delete %(refname)' refs/original | git update-ref --stdin git reflog expire --expire=now --all git gc --prune=now removes specified file, as well as any empty commits as a result, overwrites existing tags add file to .gitignore try it out first collaborators need to rebase or check out anew remove dangling commits (after you’re sure everything still works)
68. Committed and pushed a password Nuclear option
69. Committed and pushed a password Nuclear option rm <filename> rm -rf .git/ delete repository and create a new one git init git commit . git remote add origin <remote URL> git push remove all Git info from your code manually on GitHub / Bitbucket / Gitlab etc. push code to a new repository
70. My Git history is different from the one I pulled git fetch origin git rebase origin/master git stash git fetch origin git reset --hard origin/master git stash pop delete folder and clone again when someone else changed the history when you have local changes you want to keep when you prefer a clean slate
71. Configs Have it your way
72. Bash prompt .bash_profile function parse_git_dirty { [[ $(git status 2> /dev/null | tail -n1) != "nothing to commit, working directory clean" ]] && echo "*” } function parse_git_branch { git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e "s/* \(.*\)/[\1$ (parse_git_dirty)]/” } export PS1='\u@\h \[\033[1;33m\]\w\[\033[0m\]$(parse_git_branch)$ '
73. Autocomplete Git .bash_profile curl http://git.io/vfhol > ~/.git-completion.bash && echo '[ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ] && . ~/.git-completion.bash' >> ~/.bash_profile Tab
74. ZSH prompt
75. Configs git config --global ... core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global core.editor “atom --wait” merge.tool meld commit.template ~/.gitmessage.txt help.autocorrect 50 global gitignore, e.g., “.DS_Store” or “.idea/” set Atom as editor for commit messages set graphical tool for “git mergetool” set default commit message, e.g., “WEB-” accepts typos, e.g., “git pulll” (50 == 5sec)
76. Use the command line, Luke Al says: commit early, commit often Try not to push when you notice your error Keep calm and almost anything can be undone Takeaways
78. melanie.patrick@trivago.com @mgapatrick PHP developer Admin and Core Tools Team Melanie G. A. PATRICK https://speakerdeck.com/mgapatrick/git-how-to-unfuck