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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

Autocompletion


Git comes with built-in support for the autocompletion of Git commands for the bash and zsh shells. If you use either of these shells, you can enable the autocompletion feature and let the <tab> option help you complete commands.

Getting ready

Generally, the autocompletion feature is distributed with the Git installation, but it is not enabled by default on all platforms or distributions. To enable it, we need to find the git-completion.bash file distributed/installed with the Git installation.

Linux

For Linux users, the location may vary depending on the distribution. Generally, the file can be found at /etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash.

Mac

For Mac users, it can generally be found at /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/share/git-core/git-completion.bash.

If you installed Git from Homebrew, it can be found at /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.15.0/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash.

Windows

With the Msysgit installation on Windows, the completion functions are already...