Git Gems

Hi all,

Just today, I found out about 'git add -p'. I had never even thought of this but, now that I know, I can't imagine life without it. :-) Actually, it's a bit scary to note that the Git devs apparently aren't just telepathic but they can read my thoughts even before I think them. ;-)

All kidding aside, I'm starting to wonder which other Git Gems I don't know about. For me, the list of Git Gems would include Git's Bash command line prompt, 'git add -p', 'git rebase', 'git commit --amend', and 'git-new-workdir'. I realize there are plenty of books and such out there but I'm really just looking for a list of Git commands and/or options that are worth looking into. Finding out more about a particular command/script/option is easy, realizing that a particular one is the one you need is not. Especially, if you don't even know you have a problem.

As an example, 'git rebase' didn't really seem useful until I understood (well, more or less) what it did. Until then, I just naively assumed that merge commits and non-linear history were something you simply had to live with. I'm guessing that, like me, a lot of people come to Git with quite a few assumptions and preconceived notions due to their exposure to other SCM tools. :-(

Cheers, Hilco