If you do not know the exact path you may use git log –all –full-history — “**/thefile.*” If you know the path the file was at, you can do this: git log –all –full-history — <path-to-file> This should show a list of commits in all branches which touched that file. Then, you can find the … Read more
I had the exact same problem as mentioned by you above. But I found this clearer in explaining the answer. Summary: Check out the path(s) from the branch you want to merge, $ git checkout source_branch — <paths>… Hint: It also works without `–` like seen in the linked post. or to selectively merge hunks … Read more
From the relevant Git documentation: Patterns which are specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside the repository but are specific to one user’s workflow) should go into the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file. The .git/info/exclude file has the same format as any … Read more
Even if you haven’t tracked the files so far, Git seems to be able to “know” about them even after you add them to .gitignore. WARNING: First commit or stash your current changes, or you will lose them. Then run the following commands from the top folder of your Git repository: git rm -r –cached … Read more
It’s as simple as this: git reset HEAD^ Note: some shells treat ^ as a special character (for example some Windows shells or ZSH with globbing enabled), so you may have to quote “HEAD^” or use HEAD~1 in those cases. git reset without a –hard or –soft moves your HEAD to point to the specified … Read more
See the most recent stash: git stash show -p See an arbitrary stash: git stash show -p stash@{1} From the git stash manpages: By default, the command shows the diffstat, but it will accept any format known to git diff (e.g., git stash show -p stash@{1} to view the second most recent stash in patch … Read more
First, let’s clarify what HEAD is and what it means when it is detached. HEAD is the symbolic name for the currently checked out commit. When HEAD is not detached (the “normal”1 situation: you have a branch checked out), HEAD actually points to a branch’s “ref” and the branch points to the commit. HEAD is … Read more
In Unix systems the end of a line is represented with a line feed (LF). In windows a line is represented with a carriage return (CR) and a line feed (LF) thus (CRLF). when you get code from git that was uploaded from a unix system they will only have an LF. If you are … Read more
What you need to do is to create a new commit with the same details as the current HEAD commit, but with the parent as the previous version of HEAD. git reset –soft will move the branch pointer so that the next commit happens on top of a different commit from where the current branch … Read more
Short answer: git reset ‘HEAD@{1}’ Long answer: Git keeps a log of all ref updates (e.g., checkout, reset, commit, merge). You can view it by typing: git reflog Somewhere in this list is the commit that you lost. Let’s say you just typed git reset HEAD~ and want to undo it. My reflog looks like … Read more