This document provides an overview of various Git commands and workflows, including how to amend the last commit message, reset the last commit, use Gitk to visualize commits, set up a merge tool, cherry-pick a specific commit, stash and retrieve local changes, and configure Git colors and fetch remote branches.

1. Git essentials
By Shailesh Kalamkar.

2. Introduction
What is Git ?
Why git ?
Importance of Git.

3. Points to be covered
More than clone, push and pull
Edit last changes
How to use gitk
Setting up Merge tool
Selecting specific commit to merge
Stashing local changes and retrieving it
Some configurations

4. Edit last changes
Missed a file to commit/wrong commit msg ?
$ git commit -m 'initial commit'
$ git add forgotten_file
$ git commit —amend
Undo last commit
$ git reset --soft HEAD^ # use --soft if you want to keep your changes
$ git reset --hard HEAD^ # use --hard if you don't care about keeping the changes you made

5. Why to use Gitk?
Go for gitk >> Demo

6. Setting up merge tool
Use merging tools - example Kdiff3
Make sure that you have merge tool installed
$ git config --global merge.tool kdiff3
When conflict occurs just fire following
command
$ git mergetool

7. Select specific commit to
merge
Go for cherry pick
$ git cherry-pick a74cc83

8. Stashing local changes
Don’t worry you can stash your changes
Commands
$ git stash #stashing the changes
$ git stash pop #retrieving the changes

9. Some commands
Colour your Git.
$ git config --global color.ui auto
Checkout remote branch on local
$ git fetch
$ git checkout -b branch_name origin/branch_name
Check branch merging
$ git branch --merged
$ git branch --no-merged

10. Thank you!