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Discard local changes to a file

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git restore wp-config.php

Overwrites the file in the working directory with the version from the index or the last commit. Useful when someone experimented directly with a versioned file on a server and the clean state should be restored. With . instead of a file name, all changes in the current directory are discarded.

Note: Uncommitted changes are gone for good afterwards, and even git reflog cannot help. Check with git diff first or save them with git stash.

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Recover lost commits using the reflog

$git reflog --date=iso -n 30
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Restore an accidentally deleted branch

$git branch feature/contact-form a1b2c3d
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Change the message of the last commit

$git commit --amend -m 'Fix: correct cache path in configuration'
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Create an annotated tag and push it to the remote

$git tag -a v1.4.0 -m 'Release 1.4.0' && git push origin v1.4.0
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Delete local branches that are already merged

$git branch --merged main | grep -vE '^[*+]|^\s*(main|main|master|develop)$' | xargs -r git branch -d
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Find commits that added or removed specific text

$git log -S 'define('WP_DEBUG'' --oneline --all
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