Iraniblog

OK, so maybe you can see a bit of a pattern here. I’ve been messing with git trying to get to the point where I can do what I want with it. Now that I understand how the branching functions, the next step was figuring out how to merge.

First thing to note is that this is how you can see the file differences in the two branches:
git diff ––name–status master..branch
Other views of the data:
git diff master..branch
git log master..branch
git shortlog master..branch

So that covers what the differences are between the branches before merging. Then there’s the real merging.
git merge branch ––no–commit

Then you can look at the changes with:
git status
git diff

If you see any problems you can turn back the clock with this:
git reset ––hard