Look up the Git command for a task

Find the Git command for a repository task without executing it.

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How it works

Every query word must occur somewhere across a curated task, command, and caution row before that row is shown. Placeholders such as <branch> remain literal, so the result is documentation to adapt rather than a shell invocation.

  • An empty search lists the included porcelain commands without assuming a repository, branch, path, or remote.
  • Destructive flags stay visible because reset, restore, revert, and clean affect different repository states.

Worked example

Undo a commit
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											undo last commit
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												2 of 50 commands match "undo last commit":

Task                                     Command                  Notes                                
Undo last commit, keep changes staged    git reset --soft HEAD~1  Moves HEAD back one commit           
Undo last commit, keep changes unstaged  git reset HEAD~1         Moves HEAD back, unstages the changes

When to use this

Working-tree preparation uses status, diff, add, restore, and commit; shared remotes use fetch, pull, push, merge, and rebase; recovery chooses among revert, reset, restore, and reflog according to the state that must change.

Edge cases

  • git reset --hard HEAD overwrites tracked index and working-tree changes but leaves untracked files, so its row does not promise a completely clean directory.
  • git revert records a new inverse commit, while git reset moves a branch tip; they remain separate undo tasks.
  • git diff main..feature compares the two tip trees rather than calculating only changes after their merge base.

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