Branching

List all branches that are already merged into master

git branch --merged master

Remove branches that have already been merged with master

git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d

Alternatives:

git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*\|  master' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d # will not delete master if master is not checked out

List all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch

git branch -vv

Track upstream branch

git branch -u origin/mybranch

Delete local branch

git branch -d <local_branchname>

Get list of all local and remote branches

git branch -a

Get only remote branches

git branch -r

Find out branches containing commit-hash

git branch -a --contains <commit-ish>

Alternatives:

git branch --contains <commit-ish>

Rename a branch

git branch -m <new-branch-name>

Alternatives:

git branch -m [<old-branch-name>] <new-branch-name>

Archive the master branch

git archive master --format=zip --output=master.zip

Delete local branches that has been squash and merged in the remote.

git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}' | xargs git branch -D

Export a branch with history to a file.

git bundle create <file> <branch-name>

Get the name of current branch.

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

Show the most recent tag on the current branch.

git describe --tags --abbrev=0

List all branch is WIP

git checkout master && git branch --no-merged

Preformatted patch file.

git format-patch -M upstream..topic

Switch to a branch (modern alternative to checkout)

git switch <branch-name>

Alternatives:

git switch -c <new-branch-name>