tools-only Git Commands for Commit Workflows
Useful git commands when analysing, staging, and amending commits.
Analysing changes
Review what is being committed:
# Show files changed
git status
# Show detailed changes
git diff --staged
# Show statistics
git diff --staged --stat
# Show changes for specific file
git diff --staged path/to/file
Interactive staging
Use git add -p for selective staging:
# Stage changes interactively
git add -p
# Review what's staged
git diff --staged
# Commit with message
git commit -m "type(scope): description"
Amending commits
Fix the last commit message:
# Amend commit message only
git commit --amend
# Amend and add more changes
git add forgotten-file.js
git commit --amend --no-edit