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Git revisions

Git2017-10-11

Example usages

| git log master...develop | inspect differences in branches | | git rebase -i HEAD~3 | rebase last 3 commits | | git reset --hard HEAD@{2} | undo last operation that changed HEAD | | git checkout v2^{} | checkout the v2 tag (not v2 branch) | {: .-mute-em}

The 3rd argument in each of these commands is a gitrevision. These gitrevisions can be passed to many Git commands.

Common git revisions

ReferenceDescription
git show dae68e1sha1
git show HEADreference
git show v1.0.0tag
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git show masterlocal branch
git show origin/masterremote branch
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git show master~22 commits back from master
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git show master..fixreachable from fix but not master
git show master...fixreachable from fix and master, but not both
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These are just the common ones, there's a lot more below! (These work in many other commands, not just git show.)

Reference

Commits

| git checkout dae68e1 | sha1 | {: .-mute-em}

References

ExampleDescription
git checkout HEADreference
git checkout masterbranch
git checkout v1.0.0tag
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git checkout origin/masteraka, refs/remotes/origin/master
git checkout heads/masteraka, refs/heads/master
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Searching back

ExampleDescription
git checkout master@{yesterday}also 1 day ago, etc
git checkout master@{2}2nd prior value
git checkout master@{push}where master would push to
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git checkout master^parent commit
git checkout master^22nd parent, eg, what it merged
git checkout master~55 parents back
git checkout master^0this commit; disambiguates from tags
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git checkout v0.99.8^{tag}can be commit, tag, tree, object
git checkout v0.99.8^{}defaults to {tag}
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git checkout ":/fix bug"searches commit messages
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Other

| HEAD:README | ... | | 0:README | (0 to 3) ... |

Ranges

Ranges

| git log master | reachable parents from master | | git log ^master | exclude reachable parents from master | | git log master..fix | reachable from fix but not master | | git log master...fix | reachable from fix and master, but not both | | git log HEAD^@ | parents of HEAD | | git log HEAD^! | HEAD, then excluding parents's ancestors | | git log HEAD^{:/fix} | search previous HEADs matching criteria | {: .-mute-em}

Ranges illustration

A ─┬─ E ── F ── G   master
   │
   └─ B ── C ── D   fix

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| git log master..fix | BCD | | git log master...fix | BCD and EFG | {: .-mute-em}

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