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Commonly Used Git Commands
Change the capitalization of filenames in Git
shell
git mv hello.txt Hello.txt
Delete untracked and ignored files in Git
Delete untracked files
shell
git clean -fdn # dry-run
git clean -f # only files
git clean -fd # files and directories
Delete ignored files
shell
git clean -fXn # dry-run
git clean -fX
Delete both untracked and ignored files
shell
git clean -fxdn # dry-run
git clean -fx # only files
git clean -fxd # files and directories
Cherry pick a commit to another branch
shell
## switch to target branch, for eaxmple: master
git checkout master
## cherry-pick
git cherry-pick -x <commitHash>
Delete local and remote branch
shell
git branch -d bug_xyz # delete local branch
git push origin --delete bug_xyz # delete remote branch
Remove local branches that not exist on remote
shell
git remote prune origin
Rename both local and remote branch
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# Rename the local branch to the new name
git branch -m <old_name> <new_name>
## or If you are on the branch you want to rename
git branch -m <new_name>
# Delete the old branch on remote
git push origin --delete <old_name>
# Or shorter way to delete remote branch [:]
git push origin :<old_name>
# Prevent git from using the old name when pushing in the next step.
# Otherwise, git will use the old upstream name instead of <new_name>.
git branch --unset-upstream <new_name>
# Push the new branch to remote
git push origin <new_name>
# Reset the upstream branch for the new_name local branch
git push origin -u <new_name>
Update remote origin
shell
git remote set-url origin <new_url>
Reset local to remote branch status
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git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master
Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the lastest commit.
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git clone --depth 1 <remote_repo_url>
# or
git clone --depth 1 <remote_repo_url> -b <branch_name>
# back fill hisotry
git pull --unshallow
# backfill part of the history
git fetch --depth=100
Increase Git Buffer Size
When you encouter a error message like this:
error: RPC failed; HTTP 400 curl 22 The requested URL returned error: 400
send-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
The reason might be that the push is too large and it exceed the default buffer size. You can increase the post buffer and try again.
shell
git config http.postBuffer 524288000
git push
References
- How do you change the capitalization of filenames in Git?
- git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
- git cherry-pick 教程
- git: how to rename a branch (both local and remote)?
- Rename a local and remote branch in git
- How to use git to get just the latest revision of a project?
- Is it safe to shallow clone with --depth 1, create commits, and pull updates again?