Collection of useful git commands in daily work

useful-git-cmds.md

List some useful git commands.

Git pull force overwrite local changes:

git fetch --all
# git branch backup-changes
git reset --hard origin/main

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• version control - How do I force "git pull" to overwrite local files? - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/a/8888015/8328786

Auto complete git branch names in (t)csh

Download git-completion.bash and git-completion.tcsh:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -o ~/.git-completion.bash
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.tcsh -o ~/.git-completion.tcsh

Add following lines to ~/.cshrc:

set autolist=ambiguous
source ~/.git-completion.tcsh

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• terminal - git auto-complete for branches at the command line? - Ask Different
  • https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55875/git-auto-complete-for-branches-at-the-command-line
• git/git-completion.tcsh at master · git/git
  • https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.tcsh
• git/git-completion.bash at master · git/git
  • https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

Gist remove/squash some revisions:

References:

• git - How to delete a specific revision of a github gist? - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/a/13722336/8328786

NOTE: Do not forget to remove the # after rebase in order to add a valid commit message after squashing

Git change author of previous commit:

git commit --amend --author="Author Name <[email protected]>" --no-edit

References:

• git - How to change the commit author for a single commit? - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3042437/how-to-change-the-commit-author-for-a-single-commit

Git update submodules to latest commit:

git submodule foreach git pull

or submodule is in detached state:

git submodule foreach git pull origin main # (master)

References:

• Update Git submodule to latest commit on origin - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5828324/update-git-submodule-to-latest-commit-on-origin

Git pull submodule:

git submodule update --init --recursive  # (First time)
git submodule update --recursive --remote

References:

• Pull latest changes for all git submodules - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/a/1032653/8328786

Remove contributor from GitHub repo page:

• On GitHub web page, change a branch name (e.g., main --> main1).
  • It updates the contributor list on the GitHub repo dashboard.
• Then change it back (main1 --> main).

References:

• git - Removing contributor from github.com? - Stack Overflow
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44563131/removing-contributor-from-github-com