tldr/pages/common/git.md

# git

> Distributed version control system.
> Some subcommands such as `git commit` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/>.

- Check the Git version:

`git --version`

- Show general help:

`git --help`

- Show help on a Git subcommand (like `commit`, `log`, etc.):

`git help {{subcommand}}`

- Execute a Git subcommand:

`git {{subcommand}}`

- Execute a Git subcommand on a custom repository root path:

`git -C {{path/to/repo}} {{subcommand}}`

- Execute a Git subcommand with a given configuration set:

`git -c '{{config.key}}={{value}}' {{subcommand}}`
Fix lint for common 2015-10-22 08:31:52 +01:00			`# git`
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Improvement in "Git" page (command description) (#973) 2016-07-24 13:15:31 +01:00			`> Distributed version control system.`
mention subcommands in every base page (#6383) 2021-09-13 09:21:21 +01:00			> Some subcommands such as `git commit` have their own usage documentation.
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Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
split git commands 2014-03-09 12:20:13 +00:00			`git --version`
Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
git: update page (#4368) - Change "Call help" → "Show help" - Change "command" → "subcommand" - Add examples of subcommands - Add articles ("a") where needed - Add entries for the -c and -C options 2020-09-29 11:58:44 +01:00			`- Show general help:`
Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
split git commands 2014-03-09 12:20:13 +00:00			`git --help`
Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
git: update page (#4368) - Change "Call help" → "Show help" - Change "command" → "subcommand" - Add examples of subcommands - Add articles ("a") where needed - Add entries for the -c and -C options 2020-09-29 11:58:44 +01:00			- Show help on a Git subcommand (like `commit`, `log`, etc.):
Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
git: update page (#4368) - Change "Call help" → "Show help" - Change "command" → "subcommand" - Add examples of subcommands - Add articles ("a") where needed - Add entries for the -c and -C options 2020-09-29 11:58:44 +01:00			`git help {{subcommand}}`
Updating the git page This page might seem slightly big for a project called tl;dr, but git has tons of commonly used options and I've kept all descriptions as short but meaningful as possible (within 80 characters) 2014-03-02 11:11:24 +00:00
git: update page (#4368) - Change "Call help" → "Show help" - Change "command" → "subcommand" - Add examples of subcommands - Add articles ("a") where needed - Add entries for the -c and -C options 2020-09-29 11:58:44 +01:00			`- Execute a Git subcommand:`
added git.md 2014-02-23 10:43:06 +00:00
git: update page (#4368) - Change "Call help" → "Show help" - Change "command" → "subcommand" - Add examples of subcommands - Add articles ("a") where needed - Add entries for the -c and -C options 2020-09-29 11:58:44 +01:00			`git {{subcommand}}`

			`- Execute a Git subcommand on a custom repository root path:`

			`git -C {{path/to/repo}} {{subcommand}}`

			`- Execute a Git subcommand with a given configuration set:`

			`git -c '{{config.key}}={{value}}' {{subcommand}}`