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Julia Evans' Git cheat sheet (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Git cheat sheets are a dime-a-dozen but I think this one is awfully concise for its scope.

Visually covers branching (WITH the commands -- rebasing the current branch can be confusing for the unfamiliar)
Covers reflog
Literally almost identical to how I use git (most sheets are either Too Much or Too Little)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In recent git versions (>2.23), git restore and git restore --staged are the preferred ways to discard changes in the working tree (git checkout -- .) and staged changes (git reset --) respectively.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Huh, TIL.

To be fair, git switch was also derived from the features of git checkout in >2.23, but like git restore, the manual page warns that behavior may change, and neither are in my muscle memory (lmao).

I'll probably keep using checkout since it takes less kb in my head. ~~Besides, we still have to use checkout for checking out a previous commit, even if I learn the more ergonomically appropriate switch and restore.~~ No deprecation here so...

edit: maybe I got that java 8 mindset

edit 2: Correction -- git switch --detach checks out previous commits. Git checkout may only be there for old scripts' sake, since all of its features have been split off into those two new functions... so there's nothing really keeping me from switch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Besides, we still have to use checkout for checking out a previous commit

git switch works on commits too. I don't think you have to use checkout anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, you're right. You just pass the -d detach flag. I stand corrected!