Trying out git

Check the worktree status

git status --short --branch && git diff --stat && git log -1 --oneline

Find committed files in the repository history

In order to find the uploaded files, one uses this command:

# For all commits
$ git log --all --full-history /path/to/file
# For a specific commit
$ git fetch origin && git log --all | grep -E "commit hash"

Remove git tracking files

If one mistakenly leaves a file that contains sensitive data and is not listed in .gitignore, git tracks this file and prepares to upload it to the repository. Before committing the changes, one uses the following command to leave a file in the local working directory and to remove it from git tracking:

$ git rm --cached filename

Remove a committed file from all history

The file that has already been committed in the past is not erased by git rm --cached. To delete it completely from the corresponding repository, one uses git filter-repo.