# Git Tips and Commands for Commit Management, Repositories, and File History

DevFeed: [Git Tips and Commands for Commit Management, Repositories, and File History](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/git-protipstm-37722.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/git-protips/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/version.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [branch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/branch.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [commit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commit.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [revision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/revision.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips.md>), [tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tricks.md>)

## AI overview

A practical collection of Git commands and tips covering commit management, reflogs, file restoration, shallow clones, branches, staging, and stashing. It also notes that SSH keys can be used to sign Git commits and tags instead of GPG.

## Source excerpt

Git has a lot of features, and I bet that 90% of who use it (including me) doesn't know half of them. Well, maybe, someday, one of those "unknown features" can "save your life".