Sometimes it happens that you make some changes to a file but later realize that it was a mistake and these changes have to be discarded. In Git you can revert the changes made to a file if you haven’t committed them yet, as well as you can revert a file to any previous commit. […]
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Git – Edit Last Commit Message
If you have suddenly noticed that the last commit message is unclear or contains some incorrect information – don’t worry, as the most resent commit message can be easily changed if you haven’t yet pushed the commit to a remote server To edit the last commit message you have to repeat the git commit command […]
Git – Undo Last Commit
There can be a lot of situations when you may want to undo the last commit in Git, that you haven’t pushed to a remote server yet. For example, you have mistakenly committed the wrong files and want to revert the last local commit but keep the changes you made. Or you may want to […]
Git – Delete Branch (Local or Remote)
Normally, when you start working on some new feature, you create a new branch from the default branch (usually called master) and work inside it. When the work is done – you merge your branch inside master and create a new one to work on the next feature. Regardless of whether you are working with […]
Show Git Branch In Terminal – Command Prompt
When you are working inside a Git repository it is important to realize what is the currently checked out Git branch. You can make it easier to track where you are, by showing the name of the current Git branch in the terminal (command prompt). In the almost any Linux distribution, including Ubuntu and CentOS, […]
Git – The Basic Workflow
Git is a version control system (VCS) that allows to keep track of the changes made to a project over time. Git records the changes you make to a project, stores those changes and then allows you to reference them as needed. From the following article you will learn what does the basic Git workflow […]
Git – Undo All Uncommitted Changes
Lets say you have been working on a project that is tracked by Git and suddenly realized that you did something wrong. You have some not yet committed changes and you want to undo everything. In particular you want to delete all newly created files and folders and restore all modified or deleted. In short […]
Git – Particular File Change History
Let say you have a file that is tracked by Git and has a commit history. Some day you will want to look back to see what has happened with this file. The most basic and powerful tool to do this is the git log command. Using the different options, it can show the commit […]