Index

A

• --allow-empty option
  • used, for creating empty commit / How to do it...
• --auto option / How to do it...
• add -p/--patch option
  • about / How to do it...
• alias, Git
  • about / Git aliases, How to do it..., How it works...
• aliases
  • examples / More aliases, How to do it...
• annotated tag
  • about / Tagging commits in the repository
• archives
  • creating, from tree / Creating archives from a tree, How to do it..., There's more…
• attributes
  • setting up, for exporting archive / Attributes to export an archive, There's more…
• autocompletion feature
  • enabling / Autocompletion, How it works…
  • for Linux users / Linux
  • for mac users / Mac
  • on Windows / Windows
• autocorrect, Git configuration
  • about / Autocorrect, There's more...
• automatic garbage collection
  • switching off / Turning off automatic garbage collection, How to do it...
• autosquash feature, Git / Auto-squashing commits
• auto squashing
  • commits / Auto-squashing commits , How to do it...

B

• bare repository
  • about / Back up your repositories as mirror repositories
  • versus mirror repository / How to do it...
• bash prompt
  • with status information / Bash prompt with status information, How it works…, See also
• binaries
  • storing, to another location / Storing binaries elsewhere, How to do it..., How it works…
• binary files
  • metadata, diffing / Metadata diff of binary files, How to do it..., How it works…
• binary handlers
  • git-annex handler / See also
  • git-media handler / See also
  • git-bin handler / See also
• bisect command / Debugging with git bisect
• blame command
  • using / Using the blame command, How to do it...
  • about / Using the blame command, There's more…
• blob object
  • about / The blob object
  • writing, to database / Writing a blob object to the database, How it works…
• branch.<name>.rebase configuration / Rebase and merge setup
• branch.autosetuprebase configuration / Rebase and merge setup
• branch description
  • using, in commit / Using a branch description in the commit message, How to do it...
• branches
  • local branches, managing / Managing your local branches, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more...
  • remote branches / Branches with remotes, Getting ready, There's more...
  • merging, with merge commit / Forcing a merge commit, How to do it..., There's more…
  • merging, git rerere used / Using git rerere to merge known conflicts, How to do it…, There's more...
  • differentiating / The difference between branches, How to do it…
  • patches, creating from / Creating patches from branches, How to do it..., There's more…
• branch object
  • about / The branch
• bundle command / How it works…

C

• --cached option
  • about / How it works…
  / There's more…
• -C option
  • about / There's more…
• cat-file command / How it works…
  • about / The commit object
  • using / How it works…
• cat cat-me.txt command / The blob object
• changed files
  • list, obtaining of / Getting a list of the changed files, How it works...
• clean command
  • about / How to do it...
• clean filter / How to do it...
• clone command / How to do it…
• commit
  • tagging, in repository / Tagging commits in the repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
  • branch description, using in / Using a branch description in the commit message, How to do it...
  • push, preventing / Preventing the push of specific commits, How to do it..., There's more...
  • undoing / Undo – remove a commit completely, How to do it..., How it works…
  • resetting / Undo – remove a commit and retain the changes to files, How to do it...
  • undoing, while retaining changes in staging area / Undo – remove a commit and retain the changes in the staging area, How to do it..., How it works…
  • redo / Redo – recreate the latest commit with new changes, How to do it...
  • changes, reverting / Revert – undo the changes introduced by a commit, How to do it..., How it works...
• commit message
  • external information, using / Using external information in the commit message, How to do it...
• commit messages
  • grepping / Grepping the commit messages, How to do it...
• commit message template
  • creating / Creating a dynamic commit message template, How to do it..., There's more...
• commit object
  • about / The commit object
  • creating, stages / How to do it…, How it works…
  • writing, to database / Writing a commit object to the database, How it works…
• commits
  • finding, in history / Finding commits in history, There's more...
  • rebasing, to another branch / Rebasing commits to another branch, How to do it…, How it works
  • squashing, interactive rebase used / Squashing commits using an interactive rebase, How to do it..., There's more…
  • author changing, rebase used / Changing the author of commits using a rebase, How to do it..., How it works...
  • auto squashing / Auto-squashing commits , How to do it...
• commit template
  • setting up / Setting up and using a commit template, How to do it...
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it...
• configuration, Git
  • querying / Querying the existing configuration, How it works..., There's more...
  • rebase and merge setup / Getting ready, Rebase and merge setup
  • object expiry / Expiry of objects
  • autocorrect / Autocorrect, There's more...
• configuration, GLOBAL layer / Configuration targets, How to do it..., There's more...
• configuration, LOCAL layer / Configuration targets, How to do it..., There's more...
• configuration, SYSTEM layer / Configuration targets, How to do it...
• current variable / Getting ready

D

• --diff-filter=DA option / How to do it…
• DAG
  • about / Viewing the DAG
  • viewing / How to do it..., How it works...
• dangling commit / How it works…
• database
  • blob object, writing to / Writing a blob object to the database, How it works…
  • tree object, writing to / Writing a tree object to the database, How it works…
  • commit object, writing to / Writing a commit object to the database, How it works…
• data model, Git / Introduction
• descriptioInCommit branch
  • about / Getting ready
• diff-tree command
  • using / How to do it...
• diff command
  • about / There's more…

E

• env-filter
  • about / There's more…
• exif-diff filter / How to do it...
• exiftool diff filter
  • setting up / How to do it...
• external information
  • using, in commit message / Using external information in the commit message, How to do it...

F

• --format=<format> option / There's more…
• file
  • sensitive data, removing from / Rewriting history – changing a single file, How it works…
  • adding / Interactive add, How to do it..., There's more…
• file attributes
  • checking / Checking the attributes of a file, How to do it...
• file information
  • displaying / Displaying the file information, How to do it..., There's more…
• files
  • ignoring / Ignoring files, How to do it..., There's more…, See also…
• filter-branch command / Introduction
• fixed issues
  • extracting / Extracting fixed issues, How to do it...
• fsck command
  • used, for searching lost changes / Finding lost changes with git fsck, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Finding lost changes with git fsck

G

• --global
  • about / How to do it...
• .gitignore
  • about / Ignoring files
• garbage collection
  • manually running / Running garbage collection manually, How to do it..., How it works…
• gc.pruneexpire / Expiry of objects
• gc.reflogexpire / Expiry of objects
• gc.reflogexpireunreachable / Expiry of objects
• Gerrit Code Review
  • about / How it works…
• Git
  • data model / Introduction
  • objects / Git's objects, Getting ready
  • three stages, for creating commit object / How to do it…, How it works…
  • existing configuration, querying / Querying the existing configuration, How it works..., There's more...
  • alias / Git aliases, How to do it..., How it works...
  • clean filter / How to do it...
  • smudge filter / How to do it...
• git-annex handler
  • URL / See also
• git-bin handler
  • URL / See also
• git-media handler
  • URL / See also
• Git actions
  • viewing, with git reflog / Viewing past Git actions with git reflog, How to do it..., How it works...
• git add command / How to do it…, Interactive add
• Git aliases
  • configuring, with git config / How to do it...
  • using / How to do it..., How it works...
• git am command / How it works…, There's more…
• git apply command / There's more…
• git bisect command
  • about / Debugging with git bisect
  • debugging with / Debugging with git bisect, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more…
• git branch command
  • about / There's more...
• Git bundle
  • using / Using a Git bundle, How to do it…, There's more…
• git bundle command / Creating Git bundles
• Git bundles
  • creating / Creating Git bundles, How to do it...
• git cat-file -p command / How it works...
• git command / Sending patches
• git commit --amend --reset-author / How to do it...
• git config
  • used, for configuring Git aliases / How to do it...
• git config command
  • about / How it works…
• git config file
  • about / How it works…
• git config rebase.autosquash true / How to do it...
• git describe command / How to do it...
• git diff command
  • about / How it works...
• git fetch command
  • about / There's more...
• git filter-branch command
  • about / How it works…
  • env-filter / There's more…
  • tree-filter / There's more…
  • msg-filter / There's more…
  • subdirectory-filter / There's more…
• git format-patch command / There's more…
• git gc command / Running garbage collection manually, How it works…
• Git GUI
  • interactive add, using with / Interactive add with Git GUI, How to do it...
• Gitk
  • history, viewing with / Viewing history with Gitk, How it works...
• git log command / Viewing the DAG, Searching through history code, Extracting the top contributor
  • about / There's more...
• git ls-tree command / There's more...
• git rebase --interactive
  • running / How to do it...
• git rebase -continue
  • used, for continuing rebase / Continuing a rebase with merge conflicts, How to do it, How it works
• git rebase -i command / How to do it...
• git rerere
  • used, for merging branches / Using git rerere to merge known conflicts, How to do it…, There's more...
  • about / Using git rerere to merge known conflicts
• Git scripts
  • configuring / Configuring and using Git scripts, How to do it...
  • using / How to do it...
• git send-email command / Sending patches, There's more…
• git show command / There's more...
  • about / There's more...
• git stash
  • using / Using git stash, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…
• git stash command / Using git stash, There's more…
• git stash list command / How to do it...
• git status command
  • about / There's more…
• git subtree command / See also
• git tag command
  • about / How to do it...
• GIT_PS1_DESCRIBE_STYLE variable
  • about / How it works…
• GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE variable
  • about / How it works…
• GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE variable
  • about / How it works…
• GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES variable
  • about / How it works…
• GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM variable
  • about / How it works…
• GLOBAL layer
  • configuring / Configuration targets, How to do it..., There's more...
• Gradle / Submodule versus subtree merging

H

• hard reset / Undo – working with a dirty area
• hash-object command
  • using / How to do it..., How it works…
• history
  • viewing, with Gitk / Viewing history with Gitk, How it works...
  • commits, finding in / Finding commits in history, There's more...
• history code
  • searching through / Searching through history code, How it works..., There's more...

I

• --ignore-unmatch option
  • about / How it works…
• --include-untracked option / There's more…
• --index-filter option / How to do it...
• --index option / There's more…
• -i option
  • about / How to do it...
• ignored files
  • displaying / Showing and cleaning ignored files, There's more…
  • cleaning / Showing and cleaning ignored files, There's more…
• index on master / How it works…
• interactive add
  • starting / Interactive add, How to do it..., There's more…
  • with Git GUI / Interactive add with Git GUI, How to do it...
• interactive rebase
  • used, for squashing commits / Squashing commits using an interactive rebase, How to do it..., There's more…

J

• JGit project
  • about / Extracting fixed issues
• JGit repository
  • cloning / Getting ready
  • splitting / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…
• jgit repository
  • cloning / Getting ready

K

• keyword expansion
  • filters, creating with attribute functionality / Keyword expansion with attribute filters, How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…

L

• -l option / How to do it...
• layers
  • LOCAL layer / Configuration targets
  • SYSTEM layer / Configuration targets
  • GLOBAL layer / Configuration targets
• lib_a file
  • about / How to do it...
• lib_a_master branch / How to do it...
• lightweight tag
  • about / Tagging commits in the repository
• list
  • obtaining, of changed files / Getting a list of the changed files, How it works...
• local branches
  • managing / Managing your local branches, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more...
• LOCAL layer
  • configuring / Configuration targets, How to do it..., There's more...
• lost changes
  • searching, with git fsck / Finding lost changes with git fsck, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• ls-files command
  • using / Displaying the file information, How to do it..., There's more…
• ls-tree command
  • using / How to do it...

M

• -M option
  • about / There's more…
• master branch / How to do it...
  • about / How to do it...
• Maven / Submodule versus subtree merging
• merge commit
  • forcing, for merging branches / Forcing a merge commit, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more…
• merge commits
  • reverting / Reverting a merge, Getting ready, How to do it..., There is more...
• merging, branches
  • with merge commit / Forcing a merge commit, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more…
  • with git rerere / Using git rerere to merge known conflicts, How to do it…, There's more...
• mirror repository
  • about / Back up your repositories as mirror repositories
  • versus bare repository / How to do it...
• msg-filter
  • about / There's more…
• Msysgit installation
  • about / Windows
• MUA (Mail User Agent) / How it works…

N

• --name-status option / How to do it…
• --no-commit option / How to do it...
• -<n> option / There's more…
• -n, --numbered option / There's more…
• notes
  • about / Introduction
  • adding / Adding your first Git note, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more...
  • sorting, by category / Separating notes by category, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • retrieving, from remote repository / Retrieving notes from the remote repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • pushing, to repository / Pushing notes to a remote repository, How to do it..., There's more...

O

• -1 option
  • about / How it works…
• -o <dir> option / There's more…
• -o latest-commit option
  • about / How it works…
• -o option / There's more…
• object expiry, Git configuration
  • about / Expiry of objects
  • gc.reflogexpire / Expiry of objects
  • gc.reflogexpireunreachable / Expiry of objects
  • gc.pruneexpire / Expiry of objects
• objects, Git
  • about / Git's objects
  • commit / The commit object
  • tree / The tree object
  • blob / The blob object
  • branch / The branch
  • tag / The tag object
• oh-my-zsh
  • URL / See also

P

• --prefix option / How to do it...
• --preserve-merges flag / How to do it...
• --pretty=fuller option / How it works…
• patches
  • creating / Creating patches, How to do it..., There's more…
  • creating, from branches / Creating patches from branches, How to do it..., There's more…
  • applying / Applying patches, How to do it..., There's more…
  • sending / Sending patches, How to do it..., There's more…
• porcelain option
  • about / There's more...
• preceding command
  • options / How to do it...
• prepare-commit-msg hook
  • about / Using a branch description in the commit message, How to do it...
  • used, for creating commit message / How to do it..., There's more...
• prepushHook branch
  • about / How to do it...
• pull.rebase configuration / Rebase and merge setup

Q

• --quiet option / How to do it...
• -q, --quiet option / There's more…

R

• -rq option
  • about / How it works…
• rebase
  • about / Introduction
  • continuing, git rebase -continue used / Continuing a rebase with merge conflicts, How to do it, How it works
  • used, for changing author of commits / Changing the author of commits using a rebase, How to do it..., How it works...
• rebase and merge setup, Git configuration
  • about / Rebase and merge setup
  • pull.rebase / Rebase and merge setup
  • branch.autosetuprebase / Rebase and merge setup
  • branch.<name>.rebase / Rebase and merge setup
• rebasing
  • commits, to another branch / Rebasing commits to another branch, How to do it…, How it works
  • selective commits / Rebasing selective commits interactively, How to do it, There's more…
• reflog command
  • about / Viewing past Git actions with git reflog
  • used, for viewing Git actions / Viewing past Git actions with git reflog, How to do it..., How it works...
• refs namespaces
  • about / How to do it...
• refspec
  • about / The refspec exemplified
  • using / The refspec exemplified, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • format / How it works...
• refspec fetch
  • about / How to do it...
• release note
  • generating / The contents of the releases, How to do it..., How it works...
• remote branches
  • about / Branches with remotes, Getting ready, There's more...
  • pruning / Pruning remote branches, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more…
• repositories
  • backing up, as mirror repositories / Back up your repositories as mirror repositories, How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…, A quick submodule how-to
• repository
  • notes, retrieving from / Retrieving notes from the remote repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • notes, pushing to / Pushing notes to a remote repository, How to do it..., There's more...
  • commit, tagging in / Tagging commits in the repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
  • splitting / Splitting a repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works…
• repository history
  • rewriting / How to do it..., How it works…
• repository information
  • displaying / Displaying the repository information, There's more…
• reset command / How it works…
• rev-parse command
  • examples / Displaying the repository information
  • about / There's more…
• revert command / How it works...

S

• --squash option / How to do it...
• --stdout option / There's more…
• --suffix=.<sfx> option / There's more…
• -s, --signoff option / There's more…
• selective commits
  • rebasing / Rebasing selective commits interactively, Getting ready, How to do it, There's more…
• send-email command / There's more…
• shortlog git command / How to do it...
• smudge filter / How to do it...
• source command
  • about / How to do it...
• source tree
  • bottlenecks, searching / Finding bottlenecks in the source tree, How to do it..., There's more...
• staging area / Getting ready
• stash command / How it works…, There's more…
• stashes
  • saving / Saving and applying stashes, How to do it..., There's more…
  • applying / Saving and applying stashes, How to do it..., There's more…
• status command / There's more…
• status information
  • bash prompt, used with / Bash prompt with status information, How it works…, See also
• subdirectory-filter
  • about / There's more…
• submodule
  • about / A quick submodule how-to
  • working / Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more…
  • repository, cloning / There's more…
  • versus subtree merging / Submodule versus subtree merging
• subtree
  • using, URL / See also
• subtree merging
  • about / Subtree merging, How to do it..., How it works…, See also
  • versus submodule / Submodule versus subtree merging
• super project
  • recloning / Getting ready, How to do it...
• SYSTEM layer
  • configuring / Configuration targets, How to do it..., There's more...

T

• tagging, commit
  • in repository / Tagging commits in the repository, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
• tag object
  • about / The tag object
• tags
  • about / Tagging commits in the repository
  • lightweight tag / Tagging commits in the repository
  • annotated tag / Tagging commits in the repository
• template
  • creating / Templates, How to do it...
• template directory
  • creating / A .git directory template, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• top contributor
  • extracting / Extracting the top contributor, How to do it..., There's more...
• tree
  • archives, creating from / Creating archives from a tree, How to do it..., There's more…
• tree-filter
  • about / There's more…
• tree information
  • displaying / Displaying the tree information, How to do it...
• tree object
  • about / The tree object
  • writing, to database / Writing a tree object to the database, How it works…

U

• UI
  • coloring, in prompt / Color UI in the prompt, How to do it...
• update-index command
  • using / How it works…

V

• VCS
  • about / Introduction

W

• working directory
  • reverting, to clean state / Undo – working with a dirty area, How to do it...

Z

• zero-status
  • about / There's more…