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1. .gitignore template for Xcode 4

   # Exclude the build directory
   build/*
   
   # Exclude temp nibs and swap files
   *~.nib
   *.swp
   
   # Exclude OS X folder attributes
   .DS_Store
   
   # Exclude user-specific Xcode 3 and 4 files
   *.mode1
   *.mode1v3
   *.mode2v3
   *.perspective
   *.perspectivev3
   *.pbxuser
   *.xcworkspace
   xcuserdata
   

2. Add new files and delete old files

   $ git add -u
   

3. Authors of a particular project

   $ git log --format='%aN' | sort -u
   

4. Contributors to a git repository

   $ git shortlog -n -s
   

5. Delete remote tag

   $ git push --delete origin MY_TAG
   

6. Edit the message of the most recent commit

   $ git commit --amend -m "new message"
   

7. Move a Remote Tag

   Works with GitHub:

   $ git pull
   $ git tag -d THE_TAG
   $ git push origin :refs/tags/THE_TAG
   $ git tag THE_TAG
   $ git push origin THE_TAG
   

   Source: http://www.nax.cz/2011/01/15/move-a-remote-git-tag/

8. Pretty logs

   Add an alias to display pretty logs

   $ git log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit
   

   Display pretty logs

   $ git lg
   

   Display the lines that changed

   $ git lg -p
   

   Source: http://coderwall.com/p/euwpig?i=3&p=1&t=git

9. Remove Tag

   git tag -d TAG_NAME
   delete remote tag 'TAG_NAME'
   git push origin :refs/tags/TAG_NAME
   

   or

   git push --delete origin TAG_NAME
   git tag -d TAG_NAME
   

10. Revert any changes made since last commit

    $ git reset --hard
    

11. Setup a git repository in Dropbox

    #!/usr/bin/sh
    
    ORIGIN=$HOME'/Dropbox/dropbox.git'
    CLONE=$HOME'/Projects/dropbox'
    
    mkdir -p "$ORIGIN"
    cd "$ORIGIN"
    git init --bare
    
    git clone "$ORIGIN" "$CLONE"
    
    cd "$CLONE"
    touch test.txt
    git add test.txt 
    git commit -m "Initial commit"
    git push origin master
    

12. Use FileMerge with git diff

    $ echo 'opendiff "$2" "$5" -merge "$5"' > ~/bin/opendiff-git.sh
    $ chmod a+x ~/bin/opendiff-git.sh
    $ git config --global diff.external ~/bin/opendiff-git.sh
    

    Now, git diff should open FileMerge:

    $ git diff