--- title: 7 Git tricks that changed my life | daily.dev description: Git is one of the most common version control systems available, and it's used on private systems and publicly hosted websites for all kinds of development... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Git tricks that changed my life | daily.dev og:description: Git is one of the most common version control systems available, and it's used on private systems and publicly hosted websites for all kinds of development... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nI9IKxl5e.png og:image:alt: 7 Git tricks that changed my life 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. # 7 Git tricks that changed my life **[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 68 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary Git is one of the most common version control systems available, and it's used on private systems and publicly hosted websites for all kinds of development work. Here are seven tricks that have changed the way I work with Git. Know your .git folder. Count your commits. Take a backup of untracked files. ## 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. **@garvnanwani** · 3 upvotes > Thanks for these tricks 🤍 **@arklev** · 2 upvotes > Good tips! **@emmorais** · 2 upvotes > Definitely, the best tricks 🤩 Just to increase, if you wanna see more of these commands, see this repository on GitHub: > https://git.io/git-tips **@kmhmubin** · 1 upvotes > Great tips, Thanks for sharing. **@atapas** · 1 upvotes > Great Tips! Thanks for sharing. --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e) ```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":"7 Git tricks that changed my life","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e"},"datePublished":"2020-10-26T07:13:21.717Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Git is one of the most common version control systems available, and it's used on private systems and publicly hosted websites for all kinds of development...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4d70cfad47a6d1c553ce56feddc4d796","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4d70cfad47a6d1c553ce56feddc4d796","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Open Source Way","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Open Source Way","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5b0ebeb91c344b78a2a92b8bc5956b97","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},"commentCount":9,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":68},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}],"keywords":"git"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open Source Way","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"7 Git tricks that changed my life"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-git-tricks-that-changed-my-life-ni9ikxl5e","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for these tricks 🤍","datePublished":"2020-10-26T08:45:25.837Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nI9IKxl5e#c-fnQegPW3M","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Garv nanwani","url":"https://daily.dev/garvnanwani","image":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/36405030?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good tips!","datePublished":"2020-10-26T17:17:30.934Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nI9IKxl5e#c-6TsfolStK","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Arkady Levin","url":"https://daily.dev/arklev","image":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/12517285?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Definitely, the best tricks 🤩 Just to increase, if you wanna see more of these commands, see this repository on GitHub:\nhttps://git.io/git-tips","datePublished":"2020-10-26T11:31:49.802Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nI9IKxl5e#c-Q7_SHGZ49","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Esaú Morais","url":"https://daily.dev/emmorais","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1670685286/avatars/avatar_l1ZLq0tez.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great tips, Thanks for sharing.","datePublished":"2020-10-26T09:17:51.801Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nI9IKxl5e#c-R6_cXvAeL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"K M H Mubin","url":"https://daily.dev/kmhmubin","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1603259645/avatars/TcxjjxGKV"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great Tips! Thanks for sharing.","datePublished":"2020-10-26T14:43:08.271Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nI9IKxl5e#c-GhOn3G8m3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tapas Adhikary","url":"https://daily.dev/atapas","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GhN71PeWrtSoinbdnOhZS9usr2nbP111YlpswhWaBg=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```