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6c84e2e0 | 3 | May 2005 |
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4 | |
5 | NAME | |
6 | ---- | |
7 | git - the stupid content tracker | |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | SYNOPSIS | |
11 | -------- | |
12 | 'git-<command>' <args> | |
13 | ||
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
16 | ||
17 | This is reference information for the core git commands. | |
18 | ||
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19 | The Discussion section below contains much useful definition and |
20 | clarification info - read that first. And of the commands, I suggest | |
21 | reading link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache] and | |
22 | link:git-read-tree.html[git-read-tree] first - I wish I had! | |
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23 | |
24 | David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com> | |
25 | 08/05/05 | |
26 | ||
27 | Updated by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> on 2005-05-05 to | |
28 | reflect recent changes. | |
29 | ||
30 | Commands Overview | |
31 | ----------------- | |
32 | The git commands can helpfully be split into those that manipulate | |
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33 | the repository, the cache and the working fileset, those that |
34 | interrogate and compare them, and those that moves objects and | |
35 | references between repositories. | |
2cf565c5 | 36 | |
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37 | In addition, git itself comes with a spartan set of porcelain |
38 | commands. They are usable but are not meant to compete with real | |
39 | Porcelains. | |
40 | ||
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41 | There are also some ancilliary programs that can be viewed as useful |
42 | aids for using the core commands but which are unlikely to be used by | |
43 | SCMs layered over git. | |
44 | ||
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45 | Manipulation commands |
46 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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47 | link:git-checkout-cache.html[git-checkout-cache]:: |
48 | Copy files from the cache to the working directory | |
49 | ||
50 | link:git-commit-tree.html[git-commit-tree]:: | |
51 | Creates a new commit object | |
52 | ||
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53 | link:git-init-db.html[git-init-db]:: |
54 | Creates an empty git object database | |
55 | ||
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56 | link:git-merge-base.html[git-merge-base]:: |
57 | Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge | |
58 | ||
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59 | link:git-mktag.html[git-mktag]:: |
60 | Creates a tag object | |
61 | ||
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62 | link:git-read-tree.html[git-read-tree]:: |
63 | Reads tree information into the directory cache | |
64 | ||
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65 | link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache]:: |
66 | Modifies the index or directory cache | |
67 | ||
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68 | link:git-hash-object.html[git-hash-object]:: |
69 | Computes the object ID from a file. | |
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70 | |
71 | link:git-write-tree.html[git-write-tree]:: | |
72 | Creates a tree from the current cache | |
73 | ||
74 | Interrogation commands | |
75 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
76 | link:git-cat-file.html[git-cat-file]:: | |
77 | Provide content or type information for repository objects | |
78 | ||
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79 | link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache]:: |
80 | Compares content and mode of blobs between the cache and repository | |
81 | ||
82 | link:git-diff-files.html[git-diff-files]:: | |
83 | Compares files in the working tree and the cache | |
84 | ||
85 | link:git-diff-tree.html[git-diff-tree]:: | |
86 | Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects | |
87 | ||
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88 | link:git-export.html[git-export]:: |
89 | Exports each commit and a diff against each of its parents | |
90 | ||
91 | link:git-fsck-cache.html[git-fsck-cache]:: | |
92 | Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database | |
93 | ||
94 | link:git-ls-files.html[git-ls-files]:: | |
95 | Information about files in the cache/working directory | |
96 | ||
97 | link:git-ls-tree.html[git-ls-tree]:: | |
98 | Displays a tree object in human readable form | |
99 | ||
100 | link:git-merge-cache.html[git-merge-cache]:: | |
101 | Runs a merge for files needing merging | |
102 | ||
103 | link:git-rev-list.html[git-rev-list]:: | |
104 | Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order | |
105 | ||
106 | link:git-rev-tree.html[git-rev-tree]:: | |
107 | Provides the revision tree for one or more commits | |
108 | ||
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109 | link:git-tar-tree.html[git-tar-tree]:: |
110 | Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree | |
111 | ||
112 | link:git-unpack-file.html[git-unpack-file]:: | |
113 | Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents | |
114 | ||
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115 | link:git-var.html[git-var]:: |
116 | Displays a git logical variable | |
117 | ||
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118 | link:git-verify-pack.html[git-verify-pack]:: |
119 | Validates packed GIT archive files | |
120 | ||
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121 | The interrogate commands may create files - and you can force them to |
122 | touch the working file set - but in general they don't | |
123 | ||
124 | ||
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125 | Synching repositories |
126 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
127 | ||
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128 | link:git-clone-script.html[git-clone-script]:: |
129 | Clones a repository into the current repository (user interface) | |
130 | ||
131 | link:git-clone-pack.html[git-clone-pack]:: | |
132 | Clones a repository into the current repository (engine | |
133 | for ssh and local transport) | |
134 | ||
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135 | link:git-http-pull.html[git-http-pull]:: |
136 | Downloads a remote GIT repository via HTTP | |
137 | ||
138 | link:git-local-pull.html[git-local-pull]:: | |
139 | Duplicates another GIT repository on a local system | |
140 | ||
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141 | link:git-ssh-pull.html[git-ssh-pull]:: |
142 | Pulls from a remote repository over ssh connection | |
143 | ||
144 | link:git-send-pack.html[git-send-pack]:: | |
145 | Pushes to a remote repository, intelligently. | |
146 | ||
147 | link:git-receive-pack.html[git-receive-pack]:: | |
148 | Invoked by 'git-send-pack' to receive what is pushed to it. | |
149 | ||
150 | link:git-clone-pack.html[git-clone-pack]:: | |
151 | Clones from a remote repository. | |
152 | ||
153 | link:git-fetch-pack.html[git-fetch-pack]:: | |
154 | Updates from a remote repository. | |
155 | ||
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156 | link:git-peek-remote.html[git-peek-remote]:: |
157 | Lists references on a remote repository using upload-pack protocol. | |
158 | ||
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159 | link:git-upload-pack.html[git-upload-pack]:: |
160 | Invoked by 'git-clone-pack' and 'git-fetch-pack' to push | |
161 | what are asked for. | |
162 | ||
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163 | link:git-update-server-info.html[git-update-server-info]:: |
164 | Updates auxiliary information on a dumb server to help | |
165 | clients discover references and packs on it. | |
166 | ||
2f2de9b4 | 167 | |
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168 | Porcelainish Commands |
169 | --------------------- | |
170 | link:git-fetch-script.html[git-fetch-script]:: | |
171 | Download from a remote repository via various protocols. | |
172 | ||
173 | link:git-pull-script.html[git-pull-script]:: | |
174 | Fetch from and merge with a remote repository. | |
175 | ||
176 | link:git-commit-script.html[git-commit-script]:: | |
177 | Record changes to the repository. | |
178 | ||
179 | ||
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180 | Ancilliary Commands |
181 | ------------------- | |
182 | Manipulators: | |
183 | ||
184 | link:git-apply-patch-script.html[git-apply-patch-script]:: | |
185 | Sample script to apply the diffs from git-diff-* | |
186 | ||
187 | link:git-convert-cache.html[git-convert-cache]:: | |
188 | Converts old-style GIT repository | |
189 | ||
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190 | link:git-merge-one-file-script.html[git-merge-one-file-script]:: |
191 | The standard helper program to use with "git-merge-cache" | |
192 | ||
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193 | link:git-prune-script.html[git-prune-script]:: |
194 | Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database | |
195 | ||
196 | link:git-resolve-script.html[git-resolve-script]:: | |
197 | Script used to merge two trees | |
198 | ||
199 | link:git-tag-script.html[git-tag-script]:: | |
200 | An example script to create a tag object signed with GPG | |
201 | ||
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202 | |
203 | Interogators: | |
204 | ||
99665af5 | 205 | link:git-diff-helper.html[git-diff-helper]:: |
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206 | Generates patch format output for git-diff-* |
207 | ||
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208 | link:git-ssh-push.html[git-ssh-push]:: |
209 | Helper "server-side" program used by git-ssh-pull | |
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210 | |
211 | ||
212 | ||
6c84e2e0 | 213 | Identifier Terminology |
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214 | ---------------------- |
215 | <object>:: | |
6c84e2e0 | 216 | Indicates the sha1 identifier for any type of object |
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217 | |
218 | <blob>:: | |
219 | Indicates a blob object sha1 identifier | |
220 | ||
221 | <tree>:: | |
222 | Indicates a tree object sha1 identifier | |
223 | ||
224 | <commit>:: | |
225 | Indicates a commit object sha1 identifier | |
226 | ||
227 | <tree-ish>:: | |
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228 | Indicates a tree, commit or tag object sha1 identifier. A |
229 | command that takes a <tree-ish> argument ultimately wants to | |
230 | operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences | |
231 | <commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>. | |
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232 | |
233 | <type>:: | |
234 | Indicates that an object type is required. | |
235 | Currently one of: blob/tree/commit/tag | |
236 | ||
237 | <file>:: | |
238 | Indicates a filename - always relative to the root of | |
239 | the tree structure GIT_INDEX_FILE describes. | |
240 | ||
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241 | Symbolic Identifiers |
242 | -------------------- | |
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243 | Any git comand accepting any <object> can also use the following |
244 | symbolic notation: | |
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245 | |
246 | HEAD:: | |
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247 | indicates the head of the repository (ie the contents of |
248 | `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`) | |
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249 | <tag>:: |
250 | a valid tag 'name'+ | |
251 | (ie the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag>`) | |
252 | <head>:: | |
253 | a valid head 'name'+ | |
254 | (ie the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`) | |
255 | <snap>:: | |
256 | a valid snapshot 'name'+ | |
257 | (ie the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/snap/<snap>`) | |
258 | ||
259 | ||
260 | File/Directory Structure | |
261 | ------------------------ | |
262 | The git-core manipulates the following areas in the directory: | |
263 | ||
264 | .git/ The base (overridden with $GIT_DIR) | |
265 | objects/ The object base (overridden with $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY) | |
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266 | ??/ 'First 2 chars of object' directories. |
267 | pack/ Packed archives. | |
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268 | |
269 | refs/ Directories containing symbolic names for objects | |
270 | (each file contains the hex SHA1 + newline) | |
271 | heads/ Commits which are heads of various sorts | |
272 | tags/ Tags, by the tag name (or some local renaming of it) | |
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273 | */ Any other subdirectory of refs/ can be used to store |
274 | files similar to what are under refs/heads/. | |
275 | HEAD Symlink to refs/heads/<current-branch-name> | |
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276 | |
277 | Higher level SCMs may provide and manage additional information in the | |
278 | GIT_DIR. | |
279 | ||
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280 | Terminology |
281 | ----------- | |
6c84e2e0 | 282 | Each line contains terms which you may see used interchangeably |
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283 | |
284 | object database, .git directory | |
285 | directory cache, index | |
286 | id, sha1, sha1-id, sha1 hash | |
287 | type, tag | |
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288 | |
289 | ||
290 | Environment Variables | |
291 | --------------------- | |
292 | Various git commands use the following environment variables: | |
293 | ||
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294 | The git Repository |
295 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
296 | These environment variables apply to 'all' core git commands. Nb: it | |
297 | is worth noting that they may be used/overridden by SCMS sitting above | |
298 | git so take care if using Cogito etc | |
299 | ||
300 | 'GIT_INDEX_FILE':: | |
301 | This environment allows the specification of an alternate | |
302 | cache/index file. If not specified, the default of | |
303 | `$GIT_DIR/index` is used. | |
304 | ||
305 | 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY':: | |
306 | If the object storage directory is specified via this | |
307 | environment variable then the sha1 directories are created | |
308 | underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` | |
309 | directory is used. | |
310 | ||
311 | 'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES':: | |
312 | Due to the immutable nature of git objects, old objects can be | |
313 | archived into shared, read-only directories. This variable | |
314 | specifies a ":" seperated list of git object directories which | |
315 | can be used to search for git objects. New objects will not be | |
316 | written to these directories. | |
317 | ||
318 | 'GIT_DIR':: | |
319 | If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies | |
320 | a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the | |
321 | repository. | |
322 | ||
323 | git Commits | |
324 | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
325 | 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME':: | |
326 | 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL':: | |
327 | 'GIT_AUTHOR_DATE':: | |
328 | 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME':: | |
329 | 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL':: | |
330 | see link:git-commit-tree.html[git-commit-tree] | |
331 | ||
332 | git Diffs | |
333 | ~~~~~~~~~ | |
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334 | 'GIT_DIFF_OPTS':: |
335 | 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF':: | |
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336 | see the "generating patches" section in : |
337 | link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache]; | |
338 | link:git-diff-files.html[git-diff-files]; | |
339 | link:git-diff-tree.html[git-diff-tree] | |
2cf565c5 | 340 | |
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341 | Discussion |
342 | ---------- | |
343 | include::../README[] | |
344 | ||
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345 | Author |
346 | ------ | |
6c84e2e0 | 347 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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348 | |
349 | Documentation | |
350 | -------------- | |
351 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
352 | ||
353 | GIT | |
354 | --- | |
355 | Part of the link:git.html[git] suite | |
356 |