$ cd python
$ git branch v1 origin/v1
+The first command clones remote repository into local directory
+`python``, creates a new local branch v2, sets remotes/origin/v2 as
+its upstream remote branch and checks it out into the working
+directory.
+
The last command creates a new local branch v1 and sets
remotes/origin/v1 as its upstream remote branch.
-The same result can achieved with commands::
+The same result can be achieved with commands::
$ git clone -b v1 http://git.python.org/python.git
$ cd python
git reflog. "Commit early, commit often".
How to undo a merge
-https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
Merge or rebase?
For example::
+ $ git config branch.v1.rebase true
$ git config branch.v2.rebase true
After that ``git pull origin v2`` becomes equivalent to ``git pull
In case when merge is preferred it is recommended to create new
commits in a separate feature or topic branch while using rebase to
update the mainline branch. When the topic branch is ready merge it
-into mainline. To avoid a tedious task of resolving conflicts you can
-merge the topic branch to the mainline from time to time and switch
-back to the topic branch to continue working on it. The entire
-workflow would be something like::
+into mainline. To avoid a tedious task of resolving large number of
+conflicts at once you can merge the topic branch to the mainline from
+time to time and switch back to the topic branch to continue working
+on it. The entire workflow would be something like::
$ git checkout -b issue-42 # create and switch to a new branch
...edit/test/commit...
====================
TODO: dangling objects, git gc, git repack.
+https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-12/msg00165.html
Tips and tricks
TODO: sticky options; example: git grep -O.
+TODO: tricky options; example: git log -p3.
+
TODO: bash/zsh completion, bash/zsh prompt.
+https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/tree/contrib/completion
git on server