Useful git command for developers

Git log

[code language=”bash”] git log –pretty=format:”%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s” [/code] Adding it to the bash script [code language=”bash”] echo “alias gitl=’git log –pretty=format:”%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s”‘” >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc [/code] From now on you can type: [code language=”bash”] gitl 3918a7c8 Vivek Bhadra Wed Oct 23 14:02:16 2019 +0100 Integrating the esp8266 wifi module in SPRESENSE sdk. cbce5ee6 Vivek Bhadra Tue Oct 22 13:16:11 2019 +0100 Fixes. d4fc23c7 Vivek Bhadra Wed Oct 16 16:01:03 2019 +0100 Enhanced camera App for better user interactivity. 6cc05f93 Vivek Bhadra Wed Oct 16 13:47:02 2019 +0100 Customized for delayed capture of 1 mins. [/code] and see the formatted git log, change the format as you would like.

Checking your current git branch

[code language=”bash”] git branch -av [/code] Add it to the .bashrc [code language=”bash”] echo “alias gitb=’git branch -av'” >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc [/code] Type: [code language=”bash”] gitb * customize_for_12_demo 3918a7c8 Integrating the esp8266 wifi module in XYZ sdk. master ee8f2ddf Merge pull request #41 from XXX/release-v1.4.1 remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master remotes/origin/auto_build_doxygen a5681292 Updated readme and only build doc from master remotes/origin/master ee8f2ddf Merge pull request #41 from XXX/release-v1.4.1 remotes/origin/release_1.0.1 ec7f3dab Release tag XYZ_1.0.001 YYY.0.001 release. [/code] on the console to check the git branch you are on.

Creating a patch from multiple commits

[code language=”bash”] git format-patch -x –stdout > patch-ddmmyyy.patch git format-patch –ignore-space-change –ignore-space-at-eol –ignore-all-space -n –stdout > ~/patch4-LH3-18466-19092019.patch [/code] where n is the number of commits you want to get back. –ignore-space-change –ignore-space-at-eol –ignore-all-space the above options are self-explanatory.

How to remove untracked files in git?

• Print out the list of files which will be removed (dry run)

[code language=”bash”] git clean -n [/code]

• Delete the untracked files from the repository

[code language=”bash”] git clean -f [/code]

How to not display the untracked files with git status?

[code language=”bash”] git status –untracked-files=no [/code] or [code language=”bash”] git status -uno [/code]

Renaming a local branch in command line

switch to the branch you want to rename [code language=”bash”] git checkout branch-name [/code] Then rename it as below: [code language=”bash”] git branch -m new-name [/code]