| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| git config --global http.sslVerify false | To avoid SSL certificate problem: Unable to get local issuer certificate |
| git config --global user.name "[username]" | configure the username |
| git config --global user.email "[email]" | configure the email |
| git config --global color.ui auto | configure colors |
| git config --global alias.c "commit -ma" | configure alias for git commands |
| git config --system core.editor vim | configure the text editor like VIM |
| git commit -a --allow-empty-message -m '' | To do an empty commit message |
| git config --global http.sslVerify false | To set the SSL verify false |
| git remote prune origin | To delete the branch locally which is not available in remote |
| git -b checkout < new_branch_name > | To create a new branch and checkout the same |
| git update-index --assume-unchanged < file > | To ignore a changed file |
| git update-index --no-assume-unchanged < file > | To revert that ignorance by the previous command |
| Squashing for Upstream | git fetch upstream git checkout <your branch> git rebase -i upstream/master choose squash for commits which needs to be squashed git push origin <your branch> -f |
| git branch -m new-name | Rename your local branch |
| git branch -m old-name new-name | Rename your local branch when on a different branch |
| git push origin :old-name new-name | Delete the old-name remote branch and push the new-name local branch |
| git push --delete origin tag-name | Remove remote tag |
| git tag -d tag-name | Remove local tag |
| git fetch origin && git rebase origin/master | Rebase local branch with remote master |
| git commit --amend | Edit commit message if needed |
| git branch --track branch-name remote-git/branch | use local branch to track remote git branch |
| git merge origin/master --allow-unreleted-histories | force unrelated histories branches to merge |