Useful Utilities


git archive
Make a tar/zip file
git grep
Faster alternative to grep -r
git log
All kinds of loggin information
git revert
Revert a commit (then you may "rebase -i")
git stash
Park/unpark local modifications
git describe
Print a human-reable name for the current status
git fetch
I prefer "fetch" and "rebase" over "pull": it's safer
git format-patch
git am
Generate patch files (email msgs) and apply them
git submodule
Import another project as a checkout in a subdir