Chapter 9 Beyond the Basics
Git is a rich toolkit. So far in this book we’ve covered how to use the day-to-day features of Git—the basics. That barely scratches the surface of Git.
Git currently ships with more than 140 different commands. Many you
will probably never have to use. Commands such as
git check-ref-format, which
Git uses internally to determine whether a string is a valid
branch or tag name, is of use only to those creating
extensions to Git.
But there are some commands that you won’t use every day that are extremely useful when you do need them. This chapter is devoted to those topics, which include the following:
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Compacting your repository history
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Exporting your repository
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Rebasing a branch’s history against its ...
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