Using Git

Mostly things I don’t do often and want a quick reference for.

Undo a Commit

git reset --soft HEAD^

Generating a Changelog

git shortlog --numbered <previous_tag>..HEAD

Making a Release

Create an annotated tag:

git tag -a <tag name>

Add any relevant text (see Generating a Changelog below).

Use:

git push --tags
OR
git push --follow-tags

To either push the latest tag, or push tags with any un-pushed commits respectively.

Add the following to ~/.config/git/config to make that default behaviour when doing git push:

[push]
    followTags = true