Git toolbox

Reset to specific tag

git tag
git checkout <tag_name>
git reset --hard <tag_name>

# After resetting, you should force-push the changes to update the remote repository (if you've already pushed these changes)
git push origin <branch_name> --force

Please be extremely cautious when using git reset –hard as it can result in data loss. Make sure you have backups and communicate with your team if you are working in a collaborative environment.

git reset --hard HEAD

# or
git push origin <branch_name> --force

Again, be cautious with these commands, as they can lead to data loss. Ensure that you have backups and consider communicating with your team if you’re working in a collaborative environment.

Compare local commit with remote state

git diff origin/master..HEAD

With only wiles chnged by this commit:

git diff --name-status origin/master..HEAD

Remove obsolete branch from local and remote

This is useful for cleaning up branches that are no longer needed, both locally and on the remote repository.

Gentle way:

git branch -d <branch_name>

Hard way:

git branch -D <branch_name>

Remove remote branch:

git push origin --delete <branch_name>

Set up git to use Windows certificate store for SSL verification

This is useful for Windows users to avoid SSL verification issues with self-signed certificates or internal CAs.

git config --global http.sslBackend schannel

Put init commit into bare repo

cd <your_repo_folder>
echo "Initial commit" | git commit-tree $(git write-tree) | xargs git update-ref refs/heads/main
git --git-dir=./ log