Git Tricks

git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status

See also: More Aliases

Rewrite last commit message

$ git commit --amend -m "new message"

See also: Rewriting history

List all branches and their upstreams

$ git branch -vv 

Quickly switch to the previous branch

$ git checkout -

Get only remote branches

$ git branch -r

Checkout a single file from another branch

$ git checkout <branch> -- <file>

Search change by content

$ git log -S'<a term in the source>'

Show changes over time for specific file

$ git log -p <file\_name>

Print out a cool visualization of your log

$ git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all

• #### #Renamed to new_name

$ git branch -m <new\_name>

• #### #Push and reset

$ git push origin -u <new\_name>

• #### #Delete remote branch

$ git push origin --delete <old>