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# git

- [Accessing a Lost Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/accessing-a-lost-commit.md)
- [Amend Author Of Previous Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/amend-author-of-previous-commit.md)
- [Auto-Squash Those Fixup Commits](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/auto-squash-those-fixup-commits.md)
- [Caching Credentials](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/caching-credentials.md)
- [Change The Start Point Of A Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/change-the-start-point-of-a-branch.md)
- [Checking Commit Ancestry](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/checking-commit-ancestry.md)
- [Checkout Old Version Of A File](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/checkout-old-version-of-a-file.md)
- [Checkout Previous Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/checkout-previous-branch.md)
- [Cherry Pick A Range Of Commits](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/cherry-pick-a-range-of-commits.md)
- [Clean Out All Local Branches](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/clean-out-all-local-branches.md)
- [Clean Out Working Copy With Patched Restore](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/clean-out-working-copy-with-patched-restore.md)
- [Clean Up Old Remote Tracking References](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/clean-up-old-remote-tracking-references.md)
- [Clone A Repo Just For The Files, Without History](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/clone-a-repo-just-for-the-files-without-history.md)
- [Clone A Repo Locally From .git](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/clone-a-repo-locally-from-git.md)
- [Configure Global gitignore File](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/configure-global-gitignore-file.md)
- [Configuring The Pager](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/configuring-the-pager.md)
- [Copy A File From Another Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/copy-a-file-from-another-branch.md)
- [Create A New Branch With Git Switch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/create-a-new-branch-with-git-switch.md)
- [Delete All Untracked Files](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/delete-all-untracked-files.md)
- [Determine The Hash Id For A Blob](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/determine-the-hash-id-for-a-blob.md)
- [Diffing With Patience](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/diffing-with-patience.md)
- [Dropping Commits With Git Rebase](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/dropping-commits-with-git-rebase.md)
- [Dry Runs in Git](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/dry-runs-in-git.md)
- [Exclude A File From A Diff Output](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/exclude-a-file-from-a-diff-output.md)
- [Excluding Files Locally](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/excluding-files-locally.md)
- [Find The Date That A File Was Added To The Repo](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/find-the-date-that-a-file-was-added-to-the-repo.md)
- [Find The Initial Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/find-the-initial-commit.md)
- [Get The Name Of The Current Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/get-the-name-of-the-current-branch.md)
- [Get The Short Version Of The Latest Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/get-the-short-version-of-the-latest-commit.md)
- [Grab A Single File From A Stash](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/grab-a-single-file-from-a-stash.md)
- [Grep For A Pattern On Another Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/grep-for-a-pattern-on-another-branch.md)
- [Grep Over Commit Messages](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/grep-over-commit-messages.md)
- [Ignore Changes To A Tracked File](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/ignore-changes-to-a-tracked-file.md)
- [Ignore Files Specific To Your Workflow](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/ignore-files-specific-to-your-workflow.md)
- [Include A Message With Your Stashed Changes](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/include-a-message-with-your-stashed-changes.md)
- [Include Or Exclude Remaining Patch Changes](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/include-or-exclude-remaining-patch-changes.md)
- [Include Some Stats In Your Git Log](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/include-some-stats-in-your-git-log.md)
- [Intent To Add](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/intent-to-add.md)
- [Interactively Unstage Changes](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/interactively-unstage-changes.md)
- [Last Commit A File Appeared In](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/last-commit-a-file-appeared-in.md)
- [List All Files Changed Between Two Branches](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-all-files-changed-between-two-branches.md)
- [List Branches That Contain A Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-branches-that-contain-a-commit.md)
- [List Commits On A Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-commits-on-a-branch.md)
- [List Different Commits Between Two Branches](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-different-commits-between-two-branches.md)
- [List Filenames Without The Diffs](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-filenames-without-the-diffs.md)
- [List Just The Files Involved In A Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-just-the-files-involved-in-a-commit.md)
- [List Most Git Commands](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-most-git-commands.md)
- [List Untracked Files](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-untracked-files.md)
- [List Untracked Files For Scripting](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/list-untracked-files-for-scripting.md)
- [Move The Latest Commit To A New Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/move-the-latest-commit-to-a-new-branch.md)
- [Pick Specific Changes To Stash](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/pick-specific-changes-to-stash.md)
- [Pulling In Changes During An Interactive Rebase](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/pulling-in-changes-during-an-interactive-rebase.md)
- [Push To A Branch On Another Remote](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/push-to-a-branch-on-another-remote.md)
- [Quicker Commit Fixes With The Fixup Flag](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/quicker-commit-fixes-with-the-fixup-flag.md)
- [Rebase Commits With An Arbitrary Command](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/rebase-commits-with-an-arbitrary-command.md)
- [Reference A Commit Via Commit Message Pattern Matching](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/reference-a-commit-via-commit-message-pattern-matching.md)
- [Rename A Remote](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/rename-a-remote.md)
- [Renaming A Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/renaming-a-branch.md)
- [Resetting A Reset](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/resetting-a-reset.md)
- [Resolve A Merge Conflict From Stash Pop](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/resolve-a-merge-conflict-from-stash-pop.md)
- [Run A Git Command From Outside The Repo](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/run-a-git-command-from-outside-the-repo.md)
- [Set A Custom Pager For A Specific Command](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/set-a-custom-pager-for-a-specific-command.md)
- [Show All Commits For A File Beyond Renaming](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-all-commits-for-a-file-beyond-renaming.md)
- [Show Changes For Files That Match A Pattern](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-changes-for-files-that-match-a-pattern.md)
- [Show Changes In The Compose Commit Message View](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-changes-in-the-compose-commit-message-view.md)
- [Show File Diffs When Viewing Git Log](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-file-diffs-when-viewing-git-log.md)
- [Show List Of Most Recently Committed Branches](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-list-of-most-recently-committed-branches.md)
- [Show Only Commits That Touch Specific Lines](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-only-commits-that-touch-specific-lines.md)
- [Show The diffstat Summary Of A Commit](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-the-diffstat-summary-of-a-commit.md)
- [Show The Good And The Bad With Git Bisect](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-the-good-and-the-bad-with-git-bisect.md)
- [Show What Is In A Stash](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/show-what-is-in-a-stash.md)
- [Single Key Presses in Interactive Mode](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/single-key-presses-in-interactive-mode.md)
- [Skip A Bad Commit When Bisecting](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/skip-a-bad-commit-when-bisecting.md)
- [Skip Pre-Commit Hooks](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/skip-pre-commit-hooks.md)
- [Staging Changes Within Vim](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/staging-changes-within-vim.md)
- [Staging Stashes Interactively](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/staging-stashes-interactively.md)
- [Stash A Single Untracked File](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/stash-a-single-untracked-file.md)
- [Stash Everything](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/stash-everything.md)
- [Stashing Only Unstaged Changes](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/stashing-only-unstaged-changes.md)
- [Stashing Untracked Files](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/stashing-untracked-files.md)
- [Switch To A Recent Branch With FZF](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/switch-to-a-recent-branch-with-fzf.md)
- [Turn Off The Output Pager For One Command](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/turn-off-the-output-pager-for-one-command.md)
- [Two Kinds Of Dotted Range Notation](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/two-kinds-of-dotted-range-notation.md)
- [Unstage Changes Wih Git Restore](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/unstage-changes-with-git-restore.md)
- [Untrack A Directory Of Files Without Deleting](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/untrack-a-directory-of-files-without-deleting.md)
- [Untrack A File Without Deleting It](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/untrack-a-file-without-deleting-it.md)
- [Update The URL Of A Remote](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/update-the-url-of-a-remote.md)
- [Using Commands With A Relative Date Format](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/using-commands-with-a-relative-date-format.md)
- [Verbose Commit Message](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/verbose-commit-message.md)
- [Viewing A File On Another Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/viewing-a-file-on-another-branch.md)
- [What Changed?](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/what-changed.md)
- [What Is The Current Branch?](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/what-is-the-current-branch.md)
- [Whitespace Warnings](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/whitespace-warnings.md)
- [Import A Github Project Into CodeSandbox](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/import-a-github-project-into-codesandbox.md)
- [View The PR For The Current GitHub Branch](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/tools/git/view-the-pr-for-the-current-github-branch.md)


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