Git FAQ

Config

• Config editor

  How to config a custom editor in Git?

• Config commit template

  How to set up a commit template when committing?

• Config difftool

  How to set up a custom visual tool as the default git difftool?

• Config ignored files

  How to ignore files to make Git not to track them?

Clone

• Partial clone

  How to clone only part of commits of a huge repository

Branch

• Branch management

  How to create a branch, rename a branch delete a branch, list all branches, etc.

• Download a new remote branch

  How to get a new branch from a remote repository?

• local branches track remote branches

  How to set a local branch to track a remote branch?

Stash

• Stash changes

  How to save changes temporally, apply changes, list stashes, delete a stash?

Commit

• Commit only a commit message

  How to commit an empty commit but a commit message?

• Copy changes from commits

  How to commit with changes from an existing commit?

Undo

• Undo changes of a file

  How to recover a file?

• Undo add

  How to unstage a file?

• Undo a commit

  How to revert a commit?

• Undo merge or pull

  How to undo merge or pull operation?

Remote

• Remote management

  How to add a remote, delete a remote, change the URL of a remote, etc.

Diff

• Differences

  How to check differences between working tree, index, a specific commit?

View

• View untracked files

  How to list untracked files?

• View count of tracked files

  How to get the count of all the tracked files?

• View contents of a file in a commit

  How to get contents of a file in a specific commit?

Delete

• Delete unwanted changes in working tree

• Delete untraked files

• Delete tracked files

• Delete files from existing commits

  How to remove a file from existing commits?

Log

• Check log

  How to view the last several commits, search the commit history with string, list the commits graphically, check which commit changed a string, etc.