VCS Command Guide
I use Mercurial and Git for various different projects. There is a lot of discussion on the web about which is best; however, in my experience they're both good in different ways and I use different VCSs for different projects as appropriate. However, since they work in different ways and with slightly different commands, I often find it hard to remember the right command. Therefore, I thought I'd make this page, which contains a simple reference for how to do things in each version control system. There may well be errors (especially in the git commands as I use this least often at the moment).
If you notice anything wrong or can fill in any of the gaps, please drop me a note using this form.
Required Reading
Mercurial | Git |
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HG Init is a good tutorial, but mercurial is pretty easy (and safe) to use. | How to use git to lose data should be required reading for any git user - I've lost data that I really didn't want to lose when using git, so since then I've always been a bit nervous. |
Start New Project with a copy on a server
Get a project from elsewhere
Add all files
Look for deleted files
Show differences in working tree
Show history
Show differences introduced in the latest revision
Commit all changes
Commit specific files with message
Commit specific changes within File
Get the latest changes into working dir
Push latest changes
Create a new branch
Switch back to the main branch
List available branches
Merge changes from another branch
Show last entries in log

Ignore files with a glob syntax
Revert changes in working tree
Undo commit
Get information about working tree
Show files that have changed
Get revision information
Add an empty directory (if required by toolchain)
Add a new tag to the current revision
Add a tag to a previous revision
List all tags
Get rid of ignored files
Find tagged commits with a given file in the repository
Find commits that modify a given file in the repository
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