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Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Kenneth Geisshirt, Emanuele Zattin(EUR), Aske Olsson, Rasmus Voss
Book Image

Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Kenneth Geisshirt, Emanuele Zattin(EUR), Aske Olsson, Rasmus Voss

Overview of this book

Git is one of the most popular tools for versioning. With over 100 practical, self-contained tutorials, this updated version of the bestselling Git Version Control Cookbook examines the common pain points and best practices to help you solve problems related to versioning. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works. You’ll get started by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files, along with gaining insights on how to commit changes to a database. Using simple commands, you’ll also understand how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you’ll explore techniques to configure Git with the help of comprehensive examples and configuration targets. Further into the book, you’ll get up to speed with branches and recovery from mistakes. You’ll also discover the features of Git rebase and how to use regular Git to merge other branches. The later chapters will guide you in exploring Git notes and learning to utilize the update, list, and search commands. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll focus on repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing. By the end of this book, you’ll have grasped various tips and tricks, and have a practical understanding of best-practice solutions for common problems related to versioning.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Bash prompt with status information


Another cool feature Git provides is having the prompt display status information if the current working directory is a Git repository.

Getting ready

For the status information prompt to work, we also need to source another file, git-prompt.sh, which is usually distributed with the Git installation and located in the same directory as the completion file.

How to do it...

In your .bashrc or .zshrc file, add the following code snippet, again depending on your shell and the location of the git-prompt.sh file:

if [ -f /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt.sh ]; then
    source /etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt.sh
fi

 

 

 

 

How it works...

To make use of the Command Prompt, we must change the PS1 variable; usually this is set to something like the following:

PS1='u@h:w$ '

The preceding command shows the current user, an @ sign, the hostname, the current working directory relative to the user's home directory, and finally, the $ character:

john.doe@yggdrasil:~/cookbook-tips...