git-tips/tips.json

[
  {
      "title": "Overwrite pull",
      "tip": "git fetch --all && git reset --hard origin/master"
  },
  {
      "title": "List of all files till a commit",
      "tip": "git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>"
  },
  {
      "title": "Git reset first commit",
      "tip": "git update-ref -d HEAD"
  },
  {
      "title": "List all the conflicted files",
      "tip": "git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U"
  },
  {
      "title": "List of all files changed in a commit",
      "tip": "git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>"
  },
  {
      "title":"Unstaged changes since last commit",
      "tip":"git diff"
  },
  {
      "title":"Changes staged for commit",
      "tip":"git diff --cached"
  },
  {
      "title":"Show both staged and unstaged changes",
      "tip":"git diff HEAD"
  },
  {
      "title": "List all branches that are already merged into master",
      "tip": "git checkout master && git branch --merged"
  },
  {
      "title": "Quickly switch to the previous branch",
      "tip": "git checkout -"
  },
  {
      "title": "Remove branches that have already been merged with master",
      "tip": "git branch --merged | grep -v '\\*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"
  },
  {
      "title": "List all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch",
      "tip": "git branch -vv"
  },
  {
      "title": "Track upstream branch",
      "tip": "git branch -u origin/mybranch"
  },
  {
      "title": "Delete local branch",
      "tip": "git branch -d <local_branchname>"
  },
  {
      "title": "Delete remote branch",
      "tip": "git push origin --delete <remote_branchname>",
      "alternatives": ["git push origin :<remote_branchname>"]
  },
  {
      "title": "Undo local changes with the last content in head",
      "tip": "git checkout -- <file_name>"
  },
  {
      "title":"Revert: Undo a commit by creating a new commit",
      "tip":"git revert <commit-ish>"
  },
  {
      "title":"Reset: Discard commits, advised for private branch",
      "tip":"git reset <commit-ish>"
  },
  {
      "title": "Reword the previous commit message",
      "tip": "git commit -v --amend"
  },
  {
      "title": "Changing a remote's URL",
      "tip": "git remote set-url origin <URL>"
  },
  {
    "title": "Get list of all remote references",
    "tip": "git remote",
    "alternatives": ["git remote show"]
  },
  {
    "title": "Get list of all local and remote branches",
    "tip": "git branch -a"
  },
  {
    "title": "Get only remote branches",
    "tip": "git branch -r"
  },
  {
      "title": "Stage parts of a changed file, instead of the entire file",
      "tip": "git add -p"
  },
  {
      "title": "Get git bash completion",
      "tip": "curl http://git.io/vfhol > ~/.git-completion.bash && echo '[ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ] && . ~/.git-completion.bash' >> ~/.bashrc"
  },
  {
      "title": "What changed since two weeks?",
      "tip": "git whatchanged --since='2 weeks ago'"
  },
  {
      "title": "See all commits made since forking from master",
      "tip": "git log --no-merges --stat --reverse master.."
  },
  {
      "title": "Pick commits across branches using cherry-pick",
      "tip": "git checkout <branch-name> && cherry-pick <commit-ish>"
  },
  {
      "title": "Find out branches containing commit-hash",
      "tip": "git branch -a --contains <commit-ish>",
      "alternatives": ["git branch --contains <commit-ish>"]
  },
  {
      "title": "Git Aliases",
      "tip": "git config --global alias.<handle> <command> \ngit config --global alias.st status"
  },
  {
      "title":"Saving current state of tracked files without commiting",
      "tip": "git stash",
      "alternatives": ["git stash save"]
  },
  {
      "title":"Saving current state including untracked files",
      "tip": "git stash save -u",
      "alternatives": ["git stash save --include-untracked"]
  },
  {
      "title":"Show list of all saved stashes",
      "tip": "git stash list"
  },
  {
      "title": "Apply any stash without deleting from the stashed list",
      "tip": "git stash apply <stash@{n}>"
  },
  {
      "title":"Apply last stashed state and delete it from stashed list",
      "tip": "git stash pop",
      "alternatives": ["git stash apply stash@{0} && git stash drop stash@{0}"]
  },
  {
      "title": "Delete all stored stashes",
      "tip": "git stash clear",
      "alternatives": ["git stash drop <stash@{n}>"]
  },
  {
      "title":"Show all tracked files",
      "tip":"git ls-files -t"
  },
  {
      "title":"Show all untracked files",
      "tip":"git ls-files --others"
  },
  {
      "title": "Show all ignored files",
      "tip": "git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard"
  },
  {
      "title": "Create new working tree from a repository (git 2.5)",
      "tip":"git worktree add -b <branch-name> <path> <start-point>"
  },
  {
      "title": "Create new working tree from HEAD state",
      "tip": "git worktree add --detach <path> HEAD"
  },
  {
    "title": "Before deleting untracked files/directory, do a dry run to get the list of these files/directories",
    "tip": "git clean -n"
  },
  {
    "title": "Forcefully remove untracked files",
    "tip": "git clean -f"
  },
  {
    "title": "Forcefully remove untracked directory",
    "tip": "git clean -f -d",
    "alternatives": ["git clean -df"]
  },
  {
    "title": "Update all the submodules",
    "tip": "git submodule foreach git pull"
  },
  {
    "title": "Show all commits in the current branch yet to be merged to master",
    "tip": "git cherry -v master",
    "alternatives": ["git cherry -v master <branch-to-be-merged>"]
  },
  {
    "title": "Rename a branch",
    "tip": "git branch -m <new-branch-name>",
    "alternatives": ["git branch -m [<old-branch-name>] <new-branch-name>"]
  },
  {
    "title": "rebases 'feature' to 'master' and merges it in to master ",
    "tip": "git checkout feature && git rebase @{-1} && git checkout @{-2} && git merge @{-1}"
  },
  {
    "title": "Archive the `master` branch",
    "tip": "git archive master --format=zip --output=master.zip"
  },
  {
    "title": "Modify previous commit without modifying the commit message",
    "tip": "git add --all && git commit --amend --no-edit"
  },
  {
    "title": "Purnes branches that have been deleted in the remote.",
    "tip": "git fetch -p",
    "alternatives":["git remote prune origin"]
  }
]