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Git
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Git Tip

Git log

Detailed log

git log

Hash + subject line

git log --oneline

Group commit subject by username.

git shortlog

Git config

Show git config

git config -l

Only local repository

git config --local -l

Set user name and email for local

git config --local user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --local user.email "your@email.com"

Set user name and email to global ~/.gitconfig:

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email "your@email.com"

Set remote url

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/repo-name.git

Git branches

If mater branch was renamed on GitHub

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git remote set-head origin -a

Commit Message Format

<type>(<scope>): <subject>
<BLANK LINE>
<body>
<BLANK LINE>
<footer>

Commit Message Type

Must be one of the following:

  • build: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies (example scopes: gulp, broccoli, npm)
  • ci: Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts (example scopes: Travis, Circle, BrowserStack, SauceLabs)
  • docs: Documentation only changes
  • feature: A new feature
  • fix: A bug fix
  • perf: A code change that improves performance
  • refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
  • revert: This reverts commit <hash>
  • style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
  • test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
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