Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development.
Magit
magit is an advanced user interface integrated in Emacs
Snippets
Create new branch
git checkout --orphan pagesRewrite history using filter-branch
From an existing folder:
git clone <git repository A url>
cd <git repository A directory>
git remote rm origin
git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter <directory 1> -- --all
mkdir <directory 1>
mv * <directory 1>
git add .
git commit
git gc --prune=nowFrom a list of files:
git ls-files >../r
# Remove entries from the list for files you want to keep.
edit ../r
# Create new history
git filter-branch -f --tree-filter "cat $PWD/../r | xargs rm -rf" --prune-empty HEADHere is the process I followed for dhall-openapi.
Reset submodules
git submodule update --init --recursiveRead notes/review branch
git fetch gerrit refs/notes/review:refs/notes/review
git log --show-notes=refs/notes/review --no-merges --since 1year | egrep "Code-Review.2" | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
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