On 11/16/2011 5:18 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
Hi all,
Just today, I found out about 'git add -p'. I had never even thought
of this but, now that I know, I can't imagine life without it. :-)
Actually, it's a bit scary to note that the Git devs apparently aren't
just telepathic but they can read my thoughts even before I think
them. ;-)
All kidding aside, I'm starting to wonder which other Git Gems I don't
know about. For me, the list of Git Gems would include Git's Bash
command line prompt, 'git add -p', 'git rebase', 'git commit --amend',
and 'git-new-workdir'. I realize there are plenty of books and such
out there but I'm really just looking for a list of Git commands
and/or options that are worth looking into. Finding out more about a
particular command/script/option is easy, realizing that a particular
one is the one you need is not. Especially, if you don't even know you
have a problem.
As an example, 'git rebase' didn't really seem useful until I
understood (well, more or less) what it did. Until then, I just
naively assumed that merge commits and non-linear history were
something you simply had to live with. I'm guessing that, like me, a
lot of people come to Git with quite a few assumptions and
preconceived notions due to their exposure to other SCM tools. :-(
This book: http://progit.org/ will show you many gems if you take the
time to peruse it.
v/r,
neal
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