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Ask HN: Which git commands do you use most? (counting command included)

13 points by kiechu 13y ago

Here is command that counts them: // Updated. HN filters changed the line, so see the code via Gist: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 Here are my results: 49 git status -s 15 git commit -am 12 git push 11 git checkout 10 git add 7 git branch 5 git rm 5 git mv 5 git diff 3 git rm --cached 3 git rebase 3 git commit -m 3 git checkout -b 2 git rm -r --cached 2 git clone 2 git branch -v 1 git status -ss 1 git status 1 git satus -s 1 git rm --chached 1 git reset --soft 1 git reset --hard 1 git reflog 1 git rebase --skip 1 git rebase --continue 1 git push --set 1 git log 1 git diff --cached 1 git branch --remote 1 git branch -d 1 git barnch 1 git add -u 1 git add --all What are yours?

japhyr 13y ago
This command doesn't work on my ubuntu 12.04 system, but I'm not quite familiar enough with bash regular expressions to see exactly where it's getting off track. The following expression starts to work for me: history | grep -o "git [a-Z]" | sort | uniq -c I get: 42 git a 9 git b 236 git c 8 git d 2 git l 13 git m 82 git p 3 git r 244 git s If I try history | grep -o "git [a-Z]{3}" | sort | uniq -c I would expect to get all of my 'git add' entries, but I get nothing. Can you see what's going wrong?
- yebyen 13y ago
  Try egrep (or grep -e) The author probably has grep aliased to egrep
  - japhyr 13y ago
    Thanks! The original regex still didn't work, but I used: history | egrep -o "git [a-Z]*" | sort | uniq -c and found: 30 git 42 git add 9 git branch 86 git checkout 150 git commit 8 git diff 2 git log 11 git merge 2 git mergetool 1 git pop 32 git pull 49 git push 1 git remote 2 git rm 1 git satus 6 git stash 2 git statsu 2 git statu 233 git status Apparently "git status" is the one command I have trouble typing. I use "git log" quite often, but I have an alias called gitlog that uses the --pretty=oneline flag.
  - kiechu 13y ago
    Here is the right command: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693
    - yebyen 13y ago
      Pretty good, except it misinterprets 'git patch -M -C -C -1' as -M -C -C - 205 git status 163 git log 92 git diff 82 git push 74 git pull 66 git branch 51 git commit -av 46 git checkout 37 git add 24 git branch -a 23 git remote 23 git checkout -b 22 git log -u 21 git commit -v 21 git clone 13 git rebase -i 12 git add -p 10 git rm 8 git branch -d 7 git fetch 5 git stash 5 git push --set 5 git branch -D 4 git reset --hard 4 git rebase --continue 4 git format 3 git init 3 git diff --cached 3 git config --global 2 git rebase --abort 2 git rebase 2 git log --pretty 2 git commit --amend -av 2 git commit --amend 2 git commit --allow 1 git urb 1 git rm --cached 1 git reset 1 git patch -M -C -C - 1 git log -u -w 1 git log -u - 1 git log -a 1 git lo 1 git feth 1 git diff -u -- 1 git diff --help 1 git diff -- 1 git config 1 git commit -va 1 git commit --amend -a 1 git commit 1 git checkout --help 1 git apply
- kiechu 13y ago
  The problem was with HN changing the command: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 Here is the right code.
twiss 13y ago
$ history -w /dev/stdout | grep -o "^git [a-Z]*$ -\{1,2\}\([a-Z]$*\)*" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rg 39 git status 26 git checkout 24 git diff 23 git log - 11 git stash 10 git add 9 git cherry 7 git reset 7 git merge 7 git commit 6 git commit -m 4 git help 4 git grep 3 git show 3 git reset --hard 3 git remote 3 git rebase -i 3 git diff --cached 3 git checkout -b 2 git log 2 git checkout -- 2 git branch 2 git add -p 1 git stash --list 1 git rebase -p --onto 1 git rebase --continue 1 git rebase --abort 1 git rebase 1 git push 1 git diff --sta 1 git diff -p -n 1 git diff -p -l -n 1 git diff -p -l -e 1 git diff -ple 1 git commit --amend 1 git commit -am 1 git clone --recursive 1 git clone 1 git blame 1 git add --interactive Some of this is quite amusing to me ("git help", "git rebase --abort", me trying to get a readable diff near the bottom) -- I'm a git novice. Btw, "git log -" near the top means git log -2, -3, -8, for example.
milkers 13y ago
I am new to git and using it for my humble projects. 79 git add 66 git commit -a -m 58 git push 32 git pull 6 git remote 6 git init 6 git clone 4 git reset 3 git push -u 2 git pull --force 2 git merge 2 git commit -a 1 git status 1 git rm 1 git rebase 1 git fetch 1 git comit -a -m 1 git
micah_chatt 13y ago
If you're using OS X, instead of using [a-Z], try [a-zA-Z].
- lutusp 13y ago
  Hmm. Is \w still an extension, not universally supported?
cowpewter 13y ago
79 git pull 74 git checkout 61 git status 50 git log 38 git push 26 git diff 20 git show -p 15 git commit --amend 14 git add -A 13 git show 13 git commit -am 12 git checkout -b 11 git branch -D 7 git cherry -v 7 git blame 5 git cp 4 git stash 4 git reset --hard 4 git commit -m 3 git rebase 3 git merge 3 git checkout -- 3 git branch -d 3 git branch --set 3 git add -u 2 git tag 2 git rebase --continue 2 git cherry 2 git add -a 2 git add 1 git staus 1 git statu 1 git rebase -i 1 git commit -a 1 git commit --ammend 1 git branch -set 1 git cp is a git alias I have for cherry-pick. Pretty sure the 'git branch -set' is supposed to be 'git branch -set-upstream-to' I use different terminal tabs for each repo, so this is just one of the repos I use at work.
AznHisoka 13y ago
git commit -a git push git diff I usually work by myself, so rarely use git pull :)

13 points by kiechu 13y ago

japhyr 13y ago

This command doesn't work on my ubuntu 12.04 system, but I'm not quite familiar enough with bash regular expressions to see exactly where it's getting off track. The following expression starts to work for me: history | grep -o "git [a-Z]" | sort | uniq -c I get: 42 git a 9 git b 236 git c 8 git d 2 git l 13 git m 82 git p 3 git r 244 git s If I try history | grep -o "git [a-Z]{3}" | sort | uniq -c I would expect to get all of my 'git add' entries, but I get nothing. Can you see what's going wrong?

yebyen 13y ago
Try egrep (or grep -e) The author probably has grep aliased to egrep
- japhyr 13y ago
  Thanks! The original regex still didn't work, but I used: history | egrep -o "git [a-Z]*" | sort | uniq -c and found: 30 git 42 git add 9 git branch 86 git checkout 150 git commit 8 git diff 2 git log 11 git merge 2 git mergetool 1 git pop 32 git pull 49 git push 1 git remote 2 git rm 1 git satus 6 git stash 2 git statsu 2 git statu 233 git status Apparently "git status" is the one command I have trouble typing. I use "git log" quite often, but I have an alias called gitlog that uses the --pretty=oneline flag.
- kiechu 13y ago
  Here is the right command: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693
  - yebyen 13y ago
    Pretty good, except it misinterprets 'git patch -M -C -C -1' as -M -C -C - 205 git status 163 git log 92 git diff 82 git push 74 git pull 66 git branch 51 git commit -av 46 git checkout 37 git add 24 git branch -a 23 git remote 23 git checkout -b 22 git log -u 21 git commit -v 21 git clone 13 git rebase -i 12 git add -p 10 git rm 8 git branch -d 7 git fetch 5 git stash 5 git push --set 5 git branch -D 4 git reset --hard 4 git rebase --continue 4 git format 3 git init 3 git diff --cached 3 git config --global 2 git rebase --abort 2 git rebase 2 git log --pretty 2 git commit --amend -av 2 git commit --amend 2 git commit --allow 1 git urb 1 git rm --cached 1 git reset 1 git patch -M -C -C - 1 git log -u -w 1 git log -u - 1 git log -a 1 git lo 1 git feth 1 git diff -u -- 1 git diff --help 1 git diff -- 1 git config 1 git commit -va 1 git commit --amend -a 1 git commit 1 git checkout --help 1 git apply
kiechu 13y ago
The problem was with HN changing the command: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9053693 Here is the right code.

twiss 13y ago

$ history -w /dev/stdout | grep -o "^git [a-Z]*$ -\{1,2\}\([a-Z]$*\)*" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rg 39 git status 26 git checkout 24 git diff 23 git log - 11 git stash 10 git add 9 git cherry 7 git reset 7 git merge 7 git commit 6 git commit -m 4 git help 4 git grep 3 git show 3 git reset --hard 3 git remote 3 git rebase -i 3 git diff --cached 3 git checkout -b 2 git log 2 git checkout -- 2 git branch 2 git add -p 1 git stash --list 1 git rebase -p --onto 1 git rebase --continue 1 git rebase --abort 1 git rebase 1 git push 1 git diff --sta 1 git diff -p -n 1 git diff -p -l -n 1 git diff -p -l -e 1 git diff -ple 1 git commit --amend 1 git commit -am 1 git clone --recursive 1 git clone 1 git blame 1 git add --interactive Some of this is quite amusing to me ("git help", "git rebase --abort", me trying to get a readable diff near the bottom) -- I'm a git novice. Btw, "git log -" near the top means git log -2, -3, -8, for example.

milkers 13y ago

I am new to git and using it for my humble projects. 79 git add 66 git commit -a -m 58 git push 32 git pull 6 git remote 6 git init 6 git clone 4 git reset 3 git push -u 2 git pull --force 2 git merge 2 git commit -a 1 git status 1 git rm 1 git rebase 1 git fetch 1 git comit -a -m 1 git

micah_chatt 13y ago

If you're using OS X, instead of using [a-Z], try [a-zA-Z].

lutusp 13y ago
Hmm. Is \w still an extension, not universally supported?

cowpewter 13y ago

79 git pull 74 git checkout 61 git status 50 git log 38 git push 26 git diff 20 git show -p 15 git commit --amend 14 git add -A 13 git show 13 git commit -am 12 git checkout -b 11 git branch -D 7 git cherry -v 7 git blame 5 git cp 4 git stash 4 git reset --hard 4 git commit -m 3 git rebase 3 git merge 3 git checkout -- 3 git branch -d 3 git branch --set 3 git add -u 2 git tag 2 git rebase --continue 2 git cherry 2 git add -a 2 git add 1 git staus 1 git statu 1 git rebase -i 1 git commit -a 1 git commit --ammend 1 git branch -set 1 git cp is a git alias I have for cherry-pick. Pretty sure the 'git branch -set' is supposed to be 'git branch -set-upstream-to' I use different terminal tabs for each repo, so this is just one of the repos I use at work.

AznHisoka 13y ago

git commit -a git push git diff I usually work by myself, so rarely use git pull :)