Git Commands you should keep bookmarked
Git is a powerful version control system that offers a wide range of functionality beyond the basic commands. Git Extras is a collection of additional commands that provide additional functionality and make working with Git even more efficient.
These commands and many more can be easily installed by using git extras package manager and make your git experience much more powerful and efficient.
Here are some of the most useful Git Extras commands which I often use.
git alias
This command will show all aliases if no argument is given. To set an alias:
$ git alias last "cat-file commit HEAD"
git authors
Creates a file in the root with the authors/contributors of the current repository.
$ git author
Options:
Show authors:
-l, --list
Don't show authors´ email:
--no-email
git browse
Open the current git repository website in your default web browser.
$ git browse
Options:
The name of the remote you wish to browse to. Defaults to the first remote if not specified.
<remote_name>
git brv
Pretty listing of branches sorted by the date of their last commit.
$ git brv
git changelog
Generate a changelog report for your current repository
$ git changelog
Options:
The name of the output file. By default, the new file will be History.md unless an existing
changelog is detected in which case the existing file will be updated.
-a, --all
Show commits in list format (without titles, or dates).
-l, --list
git count
Show commit count.
$ git count
Options
Show commit count details.
--all
git standup
Recall what you did on the last working day ..or be nosy and find what someone else did.
$ git standup
Options:
The author of commits. Using "all" means specifying "all authors". Defaults to $(git config user.name).
-a author
The depth of recursive directory search. Defaults to 1.
-m depth
git delta
Lists all files that differ from a branch. By default, lists files that have been added, copied, or modified as compared to the master branch.
$ git delta master MR
There are a lot more commands to explore that can be very useful. You can find them all here.