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Date: 2011-08-11  |   Modified: 2011-11-20  |   Tags: git, notestoself

How to get the tag associated with a specific git revision

$ git describe --tags 5c70d1a15a4637a2057b1464c54820629e78cd05
staging/1.5

How to show the tracked branches from the remote "origin"

$ git remote show origin

How to find renames

$ git log --name-only --follow --all -- filename

How to remove all local tags

From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1841341/remove-local-tags-that-are-no-longer-on-the-remote-repository/5373319#5373319

$ git tag -l | xargs git tag -d

How to detach a subdirectory into separate Git repository

Note I did not want any tags or branches in the new repository. From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359424/detach-subdirectory-into-separate-git-repository/359759#359759 

$ git clone --no-hardlinks /XYZ /ABC
$ cd /ABC
$ git remote rm origin
$ git tag -l | xargs git tag -d
$ git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter ABC HEAD
$ git reset --hard
$ rm -rf .git/refs/original/
$ git reflog expire --expire=now --all
$ git gc --aggressive --prune=now

How to convert a Mercurial repo to git

From http://hedonismbot.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/hg-fast-export-convert-mercurial-repositories-to-git-repositories/ 

$ git clone git://repo.or.cz/fast-export.git
$ mkdir new_git_repo
$ cd new_git_repo
$ git init
$ /path/to/hg-fast-export.sh -r /path/to/hg_repo
$ git checkout HEAD

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