Git is an important tool in the workflow of every developer. It is one of the most common source code managers used to track files and changes to files in a project. Git is a free and open source software which makes it available to every developer at no cost. Git can be downloaded here.

Git does a lot of tricks like branching, merging and for most cases that is more than enough to lighten your burden as a developer. As though that were not enough, git extras extend the functionality of git to exciting levels. Installing git extras adds a lot of extra commands to your git workflow. The list of commands and documentation can be found here. Dev Hints provides very simple documentation that can be used as a beginners reference.

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Listed above are some of the commands available through the git extras extension.

Installation

Instructions on how to install git extras are detailed here

Conclusion

Git extras is an awesome extension to git that requires getting used to before you can fully appreciate it’s benefits. Git is the foundational technology behind github,gitlab and bitbucket