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# Useful Git Commands
✅ View commit messages pushed to remote repo
git log --pretty=format:"%s"
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✅ View the last commit on the current branch (including local commits)
git log -1
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✅ Edit the commit message of the last commit pushed
git commit --amend -m "New commit message"
git push --force
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✅ Fetch the latest updates of a file from the remote repo
git fetch origin
git checkout origin/<branch-name> -- path/to/file # Replace 'path/to/file' with the file path relative to repo root
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✅ Add a new change to the last pushed commit
git add <file1> <file2> # or 'git add .' for all file changes
git commit --amend --no-edit # Omit '--no-edit' if you want to change the message
git push --force origin <branch-name>
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✅ Undo the last commit but keep local changes
git reset --soft HEAD~1
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✅ Unstage a file but keep local changes
git reset path/to/file
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✅ Fix 'fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'Username@Computer_Name.(none)')' error
git config --global user.name "your_username"
git config --global user.email "your_email"

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