tiyn/wiki
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/tiyn/wiki.git synced 2026-03-03 22:34:46 +01:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity

linux/git: added graphing and amending

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Marten B. Kante
2026-03-01 10:18:34 +01:00
parent dcb6698530
commit 2d336a9a30
1 changed files with 25 additions and 0 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

25
wiki/linux/git_(package).md
View File

@@ -28,6 +28,31 @@ There is also an interactive
Robertson also made guides on [post production](https://github.com/SethRobertson/GitPostProduction)
and [best practices](http://sethrobertson.github.io/GitBestPractices).
### Modify a Commit Already Done
In Git it is possible to alter a commit.
This can be done by using the `--amend` flag in the `commit` option.
Together with the `--no-edit` flag it will create a new commit that will replace the old one with
the same message and the newly changed files.
This command will look like the following.
```sh
git commit --amend --no-edit
```
### Visualize Commit Graph
The commit history of a Git repository can best be visualized using a graph.
This can be done by using the default `git` command as the following command shows.
```sh
git log --graph
```
This however is a bit hard to read.
Therefore other tools have been created, that display the graph a bit more intuitively.
One of this tools is called [keifu](https://github.com/trasta298/keifu).
### Ignore files having local changes
If you need to make changes to a file that are local you can run