https://raveenkumar.com/tags/version-control/ Recent content in Version-Control on Raveen Kumar Hugo en-US Raveen Kumar Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://raveenkumar.com/library/programming/git/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://raveenkumar.com/library/programming/git/ <h2 id="never-rebase">Never rebase</h2> <p>Never rebase if you commit frequently. Merge is the correct option. Rebase could miss some changes.</p> <h2 id="2023-01-08---grep-for-a-string-or-a-change-in-all-the-commits">2023-01-08 - Grep for a string or a change in all the commits</h2> <p>Also called git pickaxe This will find any string that ever existed in that repo.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>git log -S &lt;string&gt; -p </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="removing-large-files-and-sensitive-files-from-repo">Removing large files and sensitive files from repo.</h2> <p>I accidentally uploaded about 1.7 GB of data into GitHub, and GitHub only accepts 100 MB max file size.</p>