> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>: > Subject: Re: most commonly used git commands? > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I did this by mistake: > > > > $git fet linux-2.6 > > git: 'fet' is not a git-command > > > > The most commonly used git commands are: > > add Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next > > apply Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree > > (use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands) > > > > why does git say that add and apply are most commonly used git commands? > > Perhaps they are most commonly used by the person who came up > with that list first ;-)? > > I think "add" deserves to be there, I am not sure "apply" is. git add is supposed to be rare, no? That's why git commit lists file additions/removals ... My list is typically git checkout git commit git pull git push git rebase git reset git update-index Maybe it makes sense to take the list from "Main porcelain commands" section in git manual? -- MST - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html