Git - Git (executable|command line)

About

The git executable

Usage

usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]
           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           <command> [<args>]

where:

–git-dir is the location of the repository files
–work-tree is the location of the work tree

Commands

Command	Description
add	Add file contents to the index
add–interactive
am
annotate
apply
archimport
archive
bisect	Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug
bisect–helper
blame
branch	List, create, or delete branches
bundle
cat-file
check-attr
check-ignore
check-mailmap
check-ref-format
checkout	Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
checkout-index
cherry
cherry-pick
citool
clean
clone	Clone a repository into a new directory
column
commit	Record changes to the repository
commit-tree
config
count-objects
credential
credential-store
credential-wincred
cvsexportcommit
cvsimport
cvsserver
daemon
describe
diff	Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
diff-files
diff-index
diff-tree
difftool
difftool–helper
fast-export
fast-import
fetch	Download objects and refs from another repository
fetch-pack
filter-branch
fmt-merge-msg
for-each-ref
format-patch
fsck
fsck-objects
gc
get-tar-commit-id
grep	Print lines matching a pattern
gui
gui–askpass
gui–askyesno
gui.tcl
hash-object
help
http-backend
http-fetch
http-push
imap-send
index-pack
init	Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
init-db
instaweb
interpret-trailers
log	Show commit logs
ls-files
ls-remote
ls-tree
mailinfo
mailsplit
merge	Join two or more development histories together
merge-base
merge-file
merge-index
merge-octopus
merge-one-file
merge-ours
merge-recursive
merge-resolve
merge-subtree
merge-tree
mergetool
mktag
mktree
mv	Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
name-rev
notes
p4
pack-objects
pack-redundant
pack-refs
patch-id
prune
prune-packed
pull	Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
push	Update remote refs along with associated objects
quiltimport
read-tree
rebase	Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
receive-pack
reflog
relink
remote	Manage set of tracked repositories
remote-ext
remote-fd
remote-ftp
remote-ftps
remote-http
remote-https
repack
replace
request-pull
rerere
reset	Reset current HEAD to the specified state
rev-list
rev-parse
revert
rm	Remove files from the working tree and from the index
send-email
send-pack
sh-i18n–envsubst
shortlog
show	Show various types of objects
show-branch
show-index
show-ref
stage
stash	Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
status	Show the (working tree\|file) status
stripspace
submodule
subtree
svn
symbolic-ref
tag	Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
unpack-file
unpack-objects
update-index
update-ref
update-server-info
upload-archive
upload-pack
var
verify-commit
verify-pack
verify-tag
web–browse
whatchanged
worktree
write-tree

Wrapper

https://github.com/kennethreitz/legit

Help

git help -a and git help -g lists available subcommands and some concept guides.
git help <command> or git help <concept> to get help about a specific subcommand or concept.