Further readings¶
This guide has touched only a minimal part of the tools offered by git.
git is a system made of more than 150 commands. each of which would require a specific chapter.
In order to have a complete list of available commands, run git help -a
git help -a
usage: git [--version] [--help] [-c name=value]
[--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
[--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
<command> [<args>]
available git commands in '/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.4/libexec/git-core'
add config gc merge-one-file relink show-ref
add--interactive count-objects get-tar-commit-id merge-ours remote stage
am credential grep merge-recursive remote-ext stash
annotate credential-cache gui merge-resolve remote-fd status
apply credential-cache--daemon gui--askpass merge-subtree remote-ftp stripspace
archimport credential-store hash-object merge-tree remote-ftps submodule
archive cvsexportcommit help mergetool remote-http svn
bisect cvsimport http-backend mktag remote-https symbolic-ref
bisect--helper cvsserver http-fetch mktree remote-testsvn tag
blame daemon http-push mv repack tar-tree
branch describe imap-send name-rev replace unpack-file
bundle diff index-pack notes repo-config unpack-objects
cat-file diff-files init p4 request-pull update-index
check-attr diff-index init-db pack-objects rerere update-ref
check-ignore diff-tree instaweb pack-redundant reset update-server-info
check-mailmap difftool log pack-refs rev-list upload-archive
check-ref-format difftool--helper lost-found patch-id rev-parse upload-pack
checkout fast-export ls-files peek-remote revert var
checkout-index fast-import ls-remote prune rm verify-pack
cherry fetch ls-tree prune-packed send-email verify-tag
cherry-pick fetch-pack mailinfo pull send-pack web--browse
citool filter-branch mailsplit push sh-i18n--envsubst whatchanged
clean fmt-merge-msg merge quiltimport shell write-tree
clone for-each-ref merge-base read-tree shortlog
column format-patch merge-file rebase show
commit fsck merge-index receive-pack show-branch
commit-tree fsck-objects merge-octopus reflog show-index
git commands available from elsewhere on your $PATH
credential-osxkeychain subtree
'git help -a' and 'git help -g' lists available subcommands and some
concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>'
to read about a specific subcommand or concept.
Probably the best way to know the details of each command is reading the respective man page.
To access the merge man page you have simply to run
git help merge
and you may do the same for all other commands.
But don’t get scared, you will not need to read the documantation of all commands: use the man pages as reference guide to be consulted when necessary, when you will need details on the specific command.
Learn git branching¶
Rather than jumping again in lengthy readings , I suggest to start practising.
A very amusing system to take familiarity with git is the wonderful Learn git branching, a very practical and very challenging guide, made of a set of exercises with increasing difficulty.
I consider it a must.
Face it, and make the effort of reaching the end : it deserves very much.
ProGit¶
A much more practical and discursive reading than man pages is the lovely Scott Chacon’s ProGit.
You may buy the book on Amazon or you can read it for free online.
I warmly suggest to you to dedicate time to it: it’s considered one of the best books on git in circulation.
