Miscellaneous

Everyday Git in twenty commands or so

git help everyday

Untrack files without deleting

git rm --cached <file_path>

Alternatives:

git rm --cached -r <directory_path>

Don’t consider changes for tracked file.

git update-index --assume-unchanged <file_name>

Check if the change was a part of a release.

git name-rev --name-only <SHA-1>

List ignored files.

git check-ignore *

Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption.

git count-objects --human-readable

Prune all unreachable objects from the object database.

git gc --prune=now --aggressive

Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.

git instaweb [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] [--browser=<browser>]

Find lines matching the pattern (regex or string) in tracked files

git grep --heading --line-number 'foo bar'

Backup untracked files.

git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard | xargs zip untracked.zip

Send a collection of patches as emails

git send-email [<options>] <file|directory>…

git send-email [<options>] <format-patch options>