git-commands-collection

A collection of useful Git commands and aliases

Table of content

• Commands
  • Logs
  • Branching
  • Diff
• Aliases

Commands

Logs

Command	Description
git log -S "foobar"	Search the string "foobar" in all diff
git log -G "foo.*"	Search the regex "foo.*" in all diff
git log --grep="foobar"	Search the string "foobar" in all commits messages
git log --reverse	Reverse the order of the log output
git log --no-merges	Hide the merge commits from the log output

Branching

Command	Description
git checkout -	Checkout the last branch where you were. (Note : Alias of git checkout @{-1})
git branch --merged master	Show all branches already merged into master
git remote prune origin	Remove all remote branches that no longer exist

Diff

Command	Description
git diff --cached	Show the changes between the index and the current HEAD
git diff HEAD	Show the changes between the working directory and the HEAD
git diff --name-status <sha1> <sha1>	Show the changed files names with status between two SHA1 commits

Aliases

[alias]
	# Basics
	co = checkout
	st = status
	wtf = status
	br = branch
	
	# Log
	lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
	last = log -1
	
	# Resetting
	undo = git reset --soft HEAD^