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Git for Programmers

You're reading from   Git for Programmers Master Git for effective implementation of version control for your programming projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801075732
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jesse Liberty Jesse Liberty
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Creating Your Repository FREE CHAPTER 3. Branching, Places, and GUIs 4. Merging, Pull Requests, and Handling Merge Conflicts 5. Rebasing, Amend, and Cherry-Picking 6. Interactive Rebasing 7. Workflow, Notes, and Tags 8. Aliases 9. Using the Log 10. Important Git Commands and Metadata 11. Finding a Broken Commit: Bisect and Blame 12. Fixing Mistakes 13. Next Steps
14. Other Books You May Enjoy
15. Index

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What do you do if you left out a changed file in the last commit?

You solve this with the same command you use to modify the message in the last commit, using --amend, but you need to indicate that you do not want to edit the message (make sure your files are staged):

git --amend --no-edit

What do you do if you committed to the wrong branch?

Checkout or create the branch you want to have committed to and then use reset to remove the change from the remote branch, but leave your files in the index (staging area) to be committed to the new branch:

git branch <new branch>
git reset HEAD~ --hard

What do you do if you corrupted a file in a previous commit?

First, use git log to find a commit before the corruption. Get the ObjectID of that commit. Next, get the problem file (and only that file) from the good commit:

git checkout ObjectID --<path to file> 

Remember: The path to the file is relative to the root of the project.

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