Useful git commands

Git command collection

• Recommit HEAD.

  git commit --amend

• Untrack files, when .gitignore and .git/info/exclude doesn't work.

  Stop tracking files with:

  git update-index --assume-unchanged MYFILE

  Resume tracking files with:

  git update-index --no-assume-unchanged MYFILE

  Source: Stackoverflow.com.

  Keep a note on which files being untracked. Git will not document this changes.

• See the number of commits done to a repository.

  git log -a --pretty=oneline | wc -l

  Source: Chris Coyier.