Git is by far the most popular software version control system today, and every software developer surely knows the basics of how to make a git commit. Given the popularity, it is surprising how many people don’t actually know the advanced commands. Mastering them might help you unlock a new level of productivity. Let’s dive in!

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Learn advanced git commands that can help you improve productivity and optimize your workflow. Topics include selective and shallow git clone, inspecting git history, comparing revisions, committing, rebasing, cherry-picking, merging, managing multiple remotes and branches, keeping repositories tidy, and enhancing the git experience with Liquip Prompt and fzf.

Advanced git commands every senior software developer needs to know

Avoid excess downloads with selective and shallow git clone

Inspecting git history and comparing revisions

Committing, rebasing, cherry-picking and merging

Better git experience with Liquip Prompt and fzf

<p>excellent article. I really love the patch merging. did know about that one :) and it would have saved me some time. thanks for sharing</p>


<p>I recently finished a course by Google about Git and GitHub. To be honest I would say I find this article more interesting with a lot of new features for me👍🏽</p>
