/git

name: git
description: >
  Use when working with Git — object model, references, index, branching, merging,
  rebasing, remotes, diffs, config, hooks, worktrees, submodules, and plumbing commands.
  Triggers on: "git", "git branch", "git commit", "git merge", "git rebase",
  "git checkout", "git stash", "git reset", "git submodule", "git worktree",
  "git blame", "git bisect", "git reflog", "git hooks", "git config".
user-invocable: true

Git — Distributed Version Control In-Depth Reference

Comprehensive reference for Git internals, concepts, and workflows. Covers the object model, reference system, index, branching/merging, remotes, configuration, hooks, and plumbing commands.

Data Flow

Working Tree
  ↕ (git add / git checkout)
Index (Staging Area)
  ↕ (git commit / git reset)
Object Store (.git/objects/)
  ↕ (git pack / git gc)
Packfiles (.git/objects/pack/)
  ↕ (git fetch / git push)
Remote Object Store

Sub-Resources

Load the reference that matches your task. When in doubt, load multiple references.

| Keywords | Reference | |----------|----------| | concept, model, DAG, directed acyclic graph, snapshot, content-addressable, integrity, hash, SHA-1, SHA-256, OID, object ID, three states, working tree, index, repository, bare repo, .git, git init, git clone, detached HEAD, HEAD, symbolic ref, plumbing vs porcelain, high-level vs low-level | [references/concepts.md](references/concepts.md) | | object, blob, tree, commit, tag object, annotated tag, lightweight tag, object store, loose object, packfile, pack index, delta, OFS_DELTA, REF_DELTA, thin pack, object type, object format, hash algorithm, object ID, content-addressable storage, git hash-object, git cat-file, git mktree, git mktag, object graph, reachability, garbage collection, git gc, git prune, git fsck | [references/objects.md](references/objects.md) | | ref, reference, branch, HEAD, symbolic ref, reflog, remote-tracking branch, tracking branch, refspec, tag, annotated tag, lightweight tag, namespace, refs/heads, refs/tags, refs/remotes, refs/replace, refs/notes, packed-refs, git update-ref, git symbolic-ref, git for-each-ref, git show-ref, git branch, git tag, git remote, upstream, tracking, fast-forward, ff-only | [references/refs.md](references/refs.md) | | index, staging area, cache, .git/index, git add, git reset, git rm, git status, staged, unstaged, untracked, index format, extensions, skip-worktree, assume-unchanged, intent-to-add, sparse-checkout, git ls-files, git update-index, git diff-index, git read-tree, git write-tree, DIRC, index version | [references/index.md](references/index.md) | | cli, command, subcommand, flag, porcelain, git log, git show, git diff, git status, git add, git commit, git reset, git checkout, git switch, git restore, git stash, git bisect, git blame, git grep, git shortlog, git cherry, git describe, git rerere, git notes, git clean, git mv, git rm, git range-diff, git bugreport, git diagnose, git maintenance | [references/cli.md](references/cli.md) | | branch, merge, fast-forward, merge commit, squash merge, octopus merge, recursive merge, ort strategy, resolve strategy, ours strategy, merge base, git merge-base, git merge, git branch, conflict, merge driver, .gitattributes merge, merge conflict markers, three-way merge, base commit, first-parent merge, no-ff, ff-only, orphan branch, git merge-file | [references/branching-merging.md](references/branching-merging.md) | | remote, fetch, push, pull, refspec, remote-tracking branch, tracking branch, upstream, git remote, git fetch, git push, git pull, transfer protocol, pack protocol, dumb protocol, smart protocol, SSH, HTTPS, git://, file://, git daemon, git http-backend, credential helper, git credential, proxy, mirror, bare push, force push, lease, push options, fetch options, prune, git ls-remote, git archive | [references/remotes.md](references/remotes.md) | | rebase, cherry-pick, git rebase, git cherry-pick, interactive rebase, rebase -i, fixup, squash, reword, edit, drop, rebase onto, rebase abort, rebase continue, rebase skip, rebase --autosquash, rebase --update-refs, rebase --rebase-merges, history rewriting, filter-branch, filter-repo, git revert, git reset, git reflog, recover lost commit, git commit --amend, force push, golden rule, rebase vs merge | [references/rebase.md](references/rebase.md) | | diff, patch, conflict, conflict resolution, conflict marker, git diff, git diff-index, git diff-tree, git diff-files, git apply, git am, git format-patch, git rerere, merge driver, custom merge driver, .gitattributes, diff algorithm, histogram, patience, myers, word diff, stat, numstat, patch-id, git patch-id, binary diff, git apply --3way, reject file, hunk, context line | [references/diff-patch.md](references/diff-patch.md) | | config, configuration, .gitconfig, .git/config, git config, config level, system, global, local, worktree, include, includeIf, conditional include, config key, config value, config section, config subsection, config list, config edit, config get, config unset, environment variable, GIT_CONFIG, GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL, GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM, credential, signing, merge tool, diff tool, core, user, init, alias, multiple values, config precedence | [references/config.md](references/config.md) | | internals, plumbing, git cat-file, git hash-object, git mktree, git mktag, git update-ref, git write-tree, git commit-tree, git read-tree, git update-index, git unpack-objects, git pack-objects, git index-pack, git verify-pack, git rev-parse, git ls-tree, git ls-files, git for-each-ref, git for-each-repo, git name-rev, git interpret-trailers, git check-attr, git check-ignore, git check-mailmap, git merge-base, git rev-list, git show-index, .git directory layout, gitfile, alternates, replace objects, grafts, env variables, GIT_DIR, GIT_WORK_TREE, GIT_INDEX_FILE, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY, GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES | [references/internals.md](references/internals.md) | | worktree, git worktree, linked work