This is the post that I’ll use as a living dumping ground for random useful git snippets that I come across. Enjoy!
git blame -w # ignores white space
git blame -M # ignores moving text
git blame -C # ignores moving text into other files
Use git blame to see when a change was REALLY made, as opposed to just a whitespace or copy/paste commit:
Fetch a file from another branch without switching branches:
git checkout <OTHER_BRANCH> -- path/to/file.txt
Delete already-merged git branches (except for specific ones you name):
git branch --merged | grep -v "\*" | grep -v master | grep -v develop | grep -v release | xargs -n 1 git branch -d
View the git log for a specific line or number of lines in a file:
git log -L 1,1:some-file.txt
Search all commit diffs for a specific string – both regex and non-regex versions
git rev-list --all | xargs git grep '<YOUR REGEX>' # regex
git rev-list --all | xargs git grep -F '<YOUR STRING>' # non-regex
View a diff on a specific file between the current branch and another branch
git diff some-other-branch some-filename.js
Move your last commit to a different branch, for when you accidentally commit to the wrong branch
# undo the last commit, but leave the changes available
git reset HEAD~ --soft
git add .
git stash
# move to the correct branch
git checkout name-of-the-correct-branch
git stash pop
git add .
git commit -m "your message here"
# now your changes are on the correct branch
Delete all untracked files, but do a dry run first:
git clean -fn
List the most recently updated branches:
git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ | head
Mike Crittenden 