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Branch management
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Create a new branch
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::

  git checkout -b <new-branch>

Pull & track branch
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/a/1710427/1391441>`_)

::

  git branch -f <branch> origin/<branch>

Push all your branches to remote
********************************
(`<http://stackoverflow.com/a/21232996/1391441>`_)

::

  git push --all -u

Delete a branch
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2003505/delete-a-git-branch-both-locally-and-remotely>`_)

* Remotely

::

  git push origin --delete <branch>

* Locally

::

  git branch -d <branch>

* Force it

::

  git branch -D <branch>

Compare branches
****************

::

  git difftool branch..master

or

::

  git difftool master..branch

Files changed between branches
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/822811/showing-which-files-have-changed-between-git-branches>`_)

::

  git diff --name-status master..<branch>

Better

::

  git diff --stat --color master..<branch>

Compare same file in two different branches
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/q/27104753/1391441>`_)

::

  git difftool branch1 branch2 file.dat

Copy file from another branch
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/a/307872/1391441>`_)

Positioned in the branch where I want the file to be copied:

::

  git checkout otherbranch myfile.txt


Rebase/merge a branch into master
*********************************
(`<http://kevinold.com/2013/04/17/my-git-workflow.html>`_, `<http://stackoverflow.com/a/9147389/1391441>`_)

::

  git co branch
  git rebase master
  git co master
  git merge branch

Rename a branch
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(`<https://gist.github.com/lttlrck/9628955>`_)

::

  git branch -m old_branch new_branch         # Rename branch locally    
  git push origin :old_branch                 # Delete the old branch    
  git push --set-upstream origin new_branch   # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote


Tagging
"""""""

Lightweight
***********

::

  git tag vx.x.x

Push all tags
*************

::

  git push --tags


Commits management
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Discard unstaged changes
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/a/14075772/1391441>`_)

::

  git checkout .


Files/folders management
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List all `--assume-unchanged` files
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(`<http://stackoverflow.com/a/2363495/1391441>`_)

::

  git ls-files -v | grep '^[[:lower:]]'


Git aliases
"""""""""""
(`<http://githowto.com/aliases>`_)

::

  git config --global alias.acp '!func(){ git add -A && git commit -am "$1" && git push origin master; }; func'
  git config --global alias.fs '!func(){ git fetch && git status; }; func'
  git config --global alias.co checkout
  git config --global alias.ci commit
  git config --global alias.st status
  git config --global alias.br branch