SYNOPSIS
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+[verse]
git *
DESCRIPTION
directory created, named ".git".
Next, tell git to take a snapshot of the contents of all files under the
-current directory (note the '.'), with 'git-add':
+current directory (note the '.'), with 'git add':
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$ git add .
This snapshot is now stored in a temporary staging area which git calls
the "index". You can permanently store the contents of the index in the
-repository with 'git-commit':
+repository with 'git commit':
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$ git commit
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You are now ready to commit. You can see what is about to be committed
-using 'git-diff' with the --cached option:
+using 'git diff' with the --cached option:
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$ git diff --cached
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-(Without --cached, 'git-diff' will show you any changes that
+(Without --cached, 'git diff' will show you any changes that
you've made but not yet added to the index.) You can also get a brief
-summary of the situation with 'git-status':
+summary of the situation with 'git status':
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$ git status
This will again prompt you for a message describing the change, and then
record a new version of the project.
-Alternatively, instead of running 'git-add' beforehand, you can use
+Alternatively, instead of running 'git add' beforehand, you can use
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$ git commit -a
Many revision control systems provide an `add` command that tells the
system to start tracking changes to a new file. Git's `add` command
-does something simpler and more powerful: 'git-add' is used both for new
+does something simpler and more powerful: 'git add' is used both for new
and newly modified files, and in both cases it takes a snapshot of the
given files and stages that content in the index, ready for inclusion in
the next commit.
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This operation is safe even if Alice has uncommitted local changes.
-The range notation HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable
-from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD.
+The range notation "HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable
+from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD".
Alice already knows everything that leads to her current state (HEAD),
-and reviewing what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not
-seen with this command
+and reviews what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not
+seen with this command.
If Alice wants to visualize what Bob did since their histories forked
she can issue the following command:
alice$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
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-With this, Alice can perform the first part of the "pull" operation alone using the
-'git-fetch' command without merging them with her own branch,
-using:
+With this, Alice can perform the first part of the "pull" operation
+alone using the 'git fetch' command without merging them with her own
+branch, using:
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alice$ git fetch bob
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Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
-remote repository shorthand set up with 'git-remote', what was
-fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was
+fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case
`bob/master`. So after this:
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alice$ git merge bob/master
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-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
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alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
/home/alice/project
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-(The complete configuration created by 'git-clone' is visible using
+(The complete configuration created by 'git clone' is visible using
`git config -l`, and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page
explains the meaning of each option.)
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Git history is represented as a series of interrelated commits. We
-have already seen that the 'git-log' command can list those commits.
+have already seen that the 'git log' command can list those commits.
Note that first line of each git log entry also gives a name for the
commit:
merge-base: Clarify the comments on post processing.
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-We can give this name to 'git-show' to see the details about this
+We can give this name to 'git show' to see the details about this
commit.
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Be careful with that last command: in addition to losing any changes
in the working directory, it will also remove all later commits from
this branch. If this branch is the only branch containing those
-commits, they will be lost. Also, don't use 'git-reset' on a
+commits, they will be lost. Also, don't use 'git reset' on a
publicly-visible branch that other developers pull from, as it will
force needless merges on other developers to clean up the history.
-If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use 'git-revert'
+If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use 'git revert'
instead.
-The 'git-grep' command can search for strings in any version of your
+The 'git grep' command can search for strings in any version of your
project, so
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searches for all occurrences of "hello" in v2.5.
-If you leave out the commit name, 'git-grep' will search any of the
+If you leave out the commit name, 'git grep' will search any of the
files it manages in your current directory. So
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is a quick way to search just the files that are tracked by git.
Many git commands also take sets of commits, which can be specified
-in a number of ways. Here are some examples with 'git-log':
+in a number of ways. Here are some examples with 'git log':
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$ git log v2.5..v2.6 # commits between v2.5 and v2.6
# Makefile
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-You can also give 'git-log' a "range" of commits where the first is not
+You can also give 'git log' a "range" of commits where the first is not
necessarily an ancestor of the second; for example, if the tips of
-the branches "stable-release" and "master" diverged from a common
+the branches "stable" and "master" diverged from a common
commit some time ago, then
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-$ git log stable..experimental
+$ git log stable..master
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-will list commits made in the experimental branch but not in the
+will list commits made in the master branch but not in the
stable branch, while
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-$ git log experimental..stable
+$ git log master..stable
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will show the list of commits made on the stable branch but not
-the experimental branch.
+the master branch.
-The 'git-log' command has a weakness: it must present commits in a
+The 'git log' command has a weakness: it must present commits in a
list. When the history has lines of development that diverged and
-then merged back together, the order in which 'git-log' presents
+then merged back together, the order in which 'git log' presents
those commits is meaningless.
Most projects with multiple contributors (such as the Linux kernel,
$ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in
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-You can also use 'git-show' to see any such file:
+You can also use 'git show' to see any such file:
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$ git show v2.5:Makefile
smart enough to perform a close-to-optimal search even in the
case of complex non-linear history with lots of merged branches.
+ * linkgit:gitworkflows[7]: Gives an overview of recommended
+ workflows.
+
* link:everyday.html[Everyday GIT with 20 Commands Or So]
* linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]: Git for CVS users.
linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
linkgit:gitglossary[7],
linkgit:git-help[1],
+linkgit:gitworkflows[7],
link:everyday.html[Everyday git],
link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]