On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 02:16:00PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Frederick Eaton wrote: > > I wonder if someone familiar with Git could list the commands in an > > order which makes more sense for learning, for example in the order in > > which they were invented by Git developers, > > Alas, there are plenty of "Main porcelain commands", and I think that > is where your question comes from. It would be nicer to list just five > to start, say. "git help" makes some attempt at narrowing the list of porcelain commands likely to be used on an everyday basis (and it categorizes the list by general activity). Of the 21 commands listed, I use 14-16 in pretty much every development session, so "git help" might be a good starting place for someone trying to figure out which commands to study, or for someone wishing to help focus the documentation a bit more for beginners. --- >8 --- $ git help usage: git ... These are common Git commands used in various situations: start a working area (see also: git help tutorial) clone Clone a repository into a new directory init Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one work on the current change (see also: git help everyday) add Add file contents to the index mv Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink reset Reset current HEAD to the specified state rm Remove files from the working tree and from the index examine the history and state (see also: git help revisions) bisect Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug grep Print lines matching a pattern log Show commit logs show Show various types of objects status Show the working tree status grow, mark and tweak your common history branch List, create, or delete branches checkout Switch branches or restore working tree files commit Record changes to the repository diff Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc merge Join two or more development histories together rebase Reapply commits on top of another base tip tag Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG collaborate (see also: git help workflows) fetch Download objects and refs from another repository pull Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch push Update remote refs along with associated objects 'git help -a' and 'git help -g' list available subcommands and some concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>' to read about a specific subcommand or concept. --- >8 ---
