Delete all local merged branches in git
Its common to use branches in git while fixing bugs or adding new features to your project. However, this also means that over a period of time, you might end up with a lot...
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Get a remote branch into your freshly cloned local repository
If you have just cloned a repository, by default git places you on the master branch. Even if you do a ‘git branch’ it just shows you the master branch because that is all...
Discard local file changes when checking out another branch
If you have changes in your working directory and you need to switch branches, git will complain when you attempt to checkout a different branch. A this point, you can choose one of three...
List all git branches with their last commit message
If you want to quickly see a list of all your branches and the last commit message on each of those branches, simply use the following commands Only local branches git branch -v Only...
Using git log to visually format or graph all branches
Git lets you see the commit messages in several ways using the git log command but sometimes that is not enough. To see a simple one line listing with the last few digits of...
How to delete a local branch in git
Once you have merged the changes of your local branch into the master, you might want to delete it if you dont plan to do any further work on that branch. To do that....