--- title: Advanced git commands every senior software developer... description: Learn advanced git commands that can help you improve productivity and optimize your workflow. Topics include selective and shallow git clone, inspecting git... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-git-commands-every-senior-software-developer-needs-to-know-0lwq62sjb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Advanced git commands every senior software developer needs to know | daily.dev og:description: Learn advanced git commands that can help you improve productivity and optimize your workflow. Topics include selective and shallow git clone, inspecting git... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-git-commands-every-senior-software-developer-needs-to-know-0lwq62sjb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0lwq62Sjb.png og:image:alt: Advanced git commands every senior software developer needs to know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Advanced git commands every senior software developer needs to know **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 14 min read · 285 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Learn advanced git commands that can help you improve productivity and optimize your workflow. Topics include selective and shallow git clone, inspecting git history, comparing revisions, committing, rebasing, cherry-picking, merging, managing multiple remotes and branches, keeping repositories tidy, and enhancing the git experience with Liquip Prompt and fzf. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@denis\_rendler** · 2 upvotes > excellent article. I really love the patch merging. did know about that one :) and it would have saved me some time. thanks for sharing **@rakib8680** · 1 upvotes > great **@akthegeek** · 0 upvotes > nice **@bosja404** · 0 upvotes > I recently finished a course by Google about Git and GitHub. To be honest I would say I find this article more interesting with a lot of new features for me👍🏽 **@0armaan025** · 0 upvotes > amazing article! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governing Security in the Age of Infinite Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/governing-security-in-the-age-of-infinite-signal-qhihbir44) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government](https://daily.dev/posts/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government-nkajqoze1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-git-commands-every-senior-software-developer-needs-to-know-0lwq62sjb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Advanced git commands every senior software developer needs to know","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-git-commands-every-senior-software-developer-needs-to-know-0lwq62sjb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/advanced-git-commands-every-senior-software-developer-needs-to-know-0lwq62sjb"},"datePublished":"2024-03-01T16:52:01.186Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Learn advanced git commands that can help you improve productivity and optimize your workflow. 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I really love the patch merging. did know about that one :) and it would have saved me some time. thanks for sharing","datePublished":"2024-03-04T07:48:10.371Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0lwq62Sjb#c-4hKdmGhNb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Denis - Florin Rendler","url":"https://daily.dev/denis_rendler","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GhcfrvsnqowIQa4JnJC5ootdFvbQAjeEJAx6bXq=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"great","datePublished":"2024-03-03T13:43:14.982Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0lwq62Sjb#c-gLcWi2KsU","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdullah Al Rakib","url":"https://daily.dev/rakib8680","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121743420?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"nice","datePublished":"2024-03-24T01:07:25.521Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0lwq62Sjb#c-f9Ytw9Byz","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdelali Kabou","url":"https://daily.dev/akthegeek","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxZyPh_z3MT_NaYDzftoDk1L156CXRicy4ZNborbpA=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I recently finished a course by Google about Git and GitHub. 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