13 git Tips for Killer Productivity

Rapid Fire Tech Talk

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1. 13 git Tips for killer Productivity
2. Checkout previous branch Quickly toggle between two branches
3. Number of commits per author See which of your coworkers are the best
4. git wtf [alias] wtf = "!f() { git blame --line-porcelain $1 | sed -n 's/^author //p' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn; }; f" “Who The File?” aka Who should I talk to about this?
5. Show branch name in shell prompt
6. rerere: Reuse Recorded Resolution Remembers how you resolve a merge conflict
7. Stage commits interactively Make your commit about one thing
8. Show a different version of a file From a different branch, supports autocomplete
9. Show diff when writing commit message
10. Show diff when writing commit message
11. tig: “Graphical” git browser
12. More concise git status
13. Search commits by diff Useful for finding variables, use -G for regular expression
14. Undo last commit Puts changes back in index
15. Show changes to a file