$ git fetch $REMOTE $BRANCH:$BRANCH
The first command fetches commits from the named $BRANCH in the
-$REMOTE repository that are not in your repository and leaves the id
-(the hash) of the head commit in file .git/FETCH_HEAD and updates
-remote-tracking branch.
+$REMOTE repository that are not in your repository, updates
+remote-tracking branch and leaves the id (the hash) of the head commit
+in file .git/FETCH_HEAD.
The second command fetches commits from the named $BRANCH in the
$REMOTE repository that are not in your repository and updates both
For example::
- $ git fetch origin tag 1.4.2 tag 2.1.7
+ $ git fetch origin tag 1.4.2
+ $ git fetch origin v1:v1 tag 2.1.7
Git doesn't automatically pushes tags. That allows you to have private
tags (lightweight tags are also private for a repo, they cannot be
It is in ``git help rebase``.
On the other hand don't be too afraid about commit editing. You can
-safely edit, remove, reorder, combine and split commits that hasn't
+safely edit, remove, reorder, combine and split commits that haven't
been pushed yet. You can even push commits to your own (backup) repo,
-edit them later and force-push edited commits to replace what has
+edit them later and force-push edited commits to replace what have
already been pushed. Not a problem until commits are in a public
or shared repository.
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``git revert`` reverts a commit or commits, that is, it creates a new
-commit or commits that reverts the effects of the given commits. It's
-the only way to undo published commits (``git commit --amend``, ``git
-rebase`` and ``git reset`` change the branch in non-fast-forwardable
-ways so they should only be used for non-pushed commits.)
+commit or commits that revert(s) the effects of the given commits.
+It's the only way to undo published commits (``git commit --amend``,
+``git rebase`` and ``git reset`` change the branch in
+non-fast-forwardable ways so they should only be used for non-pushed
+commits.)
There is a problem with reverting a merge commit. ``git revert`` can
undo the code created by the merge commit but it cannot undo the fact
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To check what attributes git uses for files use ``git check-attr``
-command.
+command. For example::
+
+$ git check-attr -a -- \*.py
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