Package git-core-doc

Documentation files for git-core

Documentation files for git-core package including man pages.

Version: 2.52.0

General Commands
git	the stupid content tracker
git-add	Add file contents to the index
git-am	Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
git-annotate	Annotate file lines with commit information
git-apply	Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
git-archive	Create an archive of files from a named tree
git-backfill	Download missing objects in a partial clone
git-bisect	Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug
git-blame	Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file
git-branch	List, create, or delete branches
git-bugreport	Collect information for user to file a bug report
git-bundle	Move objects and refs by archive
git-cat-file	Provide contents or details of repository objects
git-check-attr	Display gitattributes information
git-check-ignore	Debug gitignore / exclude files
git-check-mailmap	Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts
git-check-ref-format	Ensures that a reference name is well formed
git-checkout	Switch branches or restore working tree files
git-checkout-index	Copy files from the index to the working tree
git-cherry	Find commits yet to be applied to upstream
git-cherry-pick	Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
git-clean	Remove untracked files from the working tree
git-clone	Clone a repository into a new directory
git-column	Display data in columns
git-commit	Record changes to the repository
git-commit-graph	Write and verify Git commit-graph files
git-commit-tree	Create a new commit object
git-config	Get and set repository or global options
git-count-objects	Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
git-credential	Retrieve and store user credentials
git-credential-cache	Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
git-credential-cache--daemon	Temporarily store user credentials in memory
git-credential-store	Helper to store credentials on disk
git-describe	Give an object a human readable name based on an available ref
git-diagnose	Generate a zip archive of diagnostic information
git-diff	Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
git-diff-files	Compares files in the working tree and the index
git-diff-index	Compare a tree to the working tree or index
git-diff-pairs	Compare the content and mode of provided blob pairs
git-diff-tree	Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
git-difftool	Show changes using common diff tools
git-fast-export	Git data exporter
git-fast-import	Backend for fast Git data importers
git-fetch	Download objects and refs from another repository
git-fetch-pack	Receive missing objects from another repository
git-fmt-merge-msg	Produce a merge commit message
git-for-each-ref	Output information on each ref
git-for-each-repo	Run a Git command on a list of repositories
git-format-patch	Prepare patches for e-mail submission
git-fsck	Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
git-fsck-objects	Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
git-fsmonitor--daemon	A Built-in Filesystem Monitor
git-gc	Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
git-get-tar-commit-id	Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive
git-grep	Print lines matching a pattern
git-hash-object	Compute object ID and optionally create an object from a file
git-help	Display help information about Git
git-hook	Run git hooks
git-http-backend	Server side implementation of Git over HTTP
git-http-fetch	Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
git-http-push	Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
git-imap-send	Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
git-index-pack	Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
git-init	Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
git-init-db	Creates an empty Git repository
git-interpret-trailers	Add or parse structured information in commit messages
git-last-modified	EXPERIMENTAL: Show when files were last modified
git-log	Show commit logs
git-ls-files	Show information about files in the index and the working tree
git-ls-remote	List references in a remote repository
git-ls-tree	List the contents of a tree object
git-mailinfo	Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message
git-mailsplit	Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
git-maintenance	Run tasks to optimize Git repository data
git-merge	Join two or more development histories together
git-merge-base	Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
git-merge-file	Run a three-way file merge
git-merge-index	Run a merge for files needing merging
git-merge-one-file	The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index
git-merge-tree	Perform merge without touching index or working tree
git-mergetool	Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
git-mergetool--lib	Common Git merge tool shell scriptlets
git-mktag	Creates a tag object with extra validation
git-mktree	Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text
git-multi-pack-index	Write and verify multi-pack-indexes
git-mv	Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
git-name-rev	Find symbolic names for given revs
git-notes	Add or inspect object notes
git-pack-objects	Create a packed archive of objects
git-pack-redundant	Find redundant pack files
git-pack-refs	Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access
git-patch-id	Compute unique ID for a patch
git-prune	Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
git-prune-packed	Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
git-pull	Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
git-push	Update remote refs along with associated objects
git-quiltimport	Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch
git-range-diff	Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch)
git-read-tree	Reads tree information into the index
git-rebase	Reapply commits on top of another base tip
git-receive-pack	Receive what is pushed into the repository
git-reflog	Manage reflog information
git-refs	Low-level access to refs
git-remote	Manage set of tracked repositories
git-remote-ext	Bridge smart transport to external command.
git-remote-fd	Reflect smart transport stream back to caller
git-repack	Pack unpacked objects in a repository
git-replace	Create, list, delete refs to replace objects
git-replay	EXPERIMENTAL: Replay commits on a new base, works with bare repos too
git-repo	Retrieve information about the repository
git-rerere	Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges
git-reset	Reset current HEAD to the specified state
git-restore	Restore working tree files
git-rev-list	Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
git-rev-parse	Pick out and massage parameters
git-revert	Revert some existing commits
git-rm	Remove files from the working tree and from the index
git-send-pack	Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
git-sh-i18n	Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts
git-sh-i18n--envsubst	Git's own envsubst(1) for i18n fallbacks
git-sh-setup	Common Git shell script setup code
git-shell	Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access
git-shortlog	Summarize 'git log' output
git-show	Show various types of objects
git-show-branch	Show branches and their commits
git-show-index	Show packed archive index
git-show-ref	List references in a local repository
git-sparse-checkout	Reduce your working tree to a subset of tracked files
git-stage	Add file contents to the staging area
git-stash	Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
git-status	Show the working tree status
git-stripspace	Remove unnecessary whitespace
git-submodule	Initialize, update or inspect submodules
git-switch	Switch branches
git-symbolic-ref	Read, modify and delete symbolic refs
git-tag	Create, list, delete or verify tags
git-unpack-file	Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents
git-unpack-objects	Unpack objects from a packed archive
git-update-index	Register file contents in the working tree to the index
git-update-ref	Update the object name stored in a ref safely
git-update-server-info	Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
git-upload-archive	Send archive back to git-archive
git-upload-pack	Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack
git-var	Show a Git logical variable
git-verify-commit	Check the GPG signature of commits
git-verify-pack	Validate packed Git archive files
git-verify-tag	Check the GPG signature of tags
git-version	Display version information about Git
git-web--browse	Git helper script to launch a web browser
git-whatchanged	Show logs with differences each commit introduces
git-worktree	Manage multiple working trees
git-write-tree	Create a tree object from the current index
scalar	A tool for managing large Git repositories
File Formats
gitattributes	Defining attributes per path
gitformat-bundle	The bundle file format
gitformat-chunk	Chunk-based file formats
gitformat-commit-graph	Git commit-graph format
gitformat-index	Git index format
gitformat-loose	Git loose object format
gitformat-pack	Git pack format
gitformat-signature	Git cryptographic signature formats
githooks	Hooks used by Git
gitignore	Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
gitmailmap	Map author/committer names and/or E-Mail addresses
gitmodules	Defining submodule properties
gitprotocol-capabilities	Protocol v0 and v1 capabilities
gitprotocol-common	Things common to various protocols
gitprotocol-http	Git HTTP-based protocols
gitprotocol-pack	How packs are transferred over-the-wire
gitprotocol-v2	Git Wire Protocol, Version 2
gitrepository-layout	Git Repository Layout
Miscellanea
gitcli	Git command-line interface and conventions
gitcore-tutorial	A Git core tutorial for developers
gitcredentials	Providing usernames and passwords to Git
gitcvs-migration	Git for CVS users
gitdiffcore	Tweaking diff output
giteveryday	A useful minimum set of commands for Everyday Git
gitfaq	Frequently asked questions about using Git
gitglossary	A Git Glossary
gitnamespaces	Git namespaces
gitpacking	Advanced concepts related to packing in Git
gitremote-helpers	Helper programs to interact with remote repositories
gitrevisions	Specifying revisions and ranges for Git
gitsubmodules	Mounting one repository inside another
gittutorial	A tutorial introduction to Git
gittutorial-2	A tutorial introduction to Git: part two
gitworkflows	An overview of recommended workflows with Git

General Commands

File Formats

Miscellanea