Reference: Git commands available in Git panel

The Git panel menu for AWS Cloud9 provides convenient user interface access to both core and advanced git commands.

Certain git commands—such as those used to merge and delete branches, for example—are only available through the Git panel search field.

You can also customize how Git panel runs commands and interacts with repositories. To modify the default settings, first choose AWS Cloud9, Preferences. Next, in the Preferences window, under Project Settings, choose Git.

Pause over the information icons to read brief descriptions of the settings.

Note

You can access detailed documentation on the Git commands listed from the official Git site: https://git-scm.com/doc.

Reference for Git commands available from Git panel menu

You access the options on the Git panel menu by choosing the symbol opposite the repository's name.

Git panel menu
Menu option	Description
Commit	Commits the content added the staging area to the working directory of the repo. Adds a commit message.
Refresh	Refreshes the GitPanel interface to show the status of the working directory and the staging area.
Pull	Pulls the latest changes from a remote repository to the local repository.
Pull (Rebase)	Reapplies your local changes to the remote changes pulled from a remote branch.
Push from...	Pushes the changes committed to a branch in your local repository to the branch in the remote repository.
Push	Pushes changes committed to the local repository to the remote repository.
Push to...	Pushes the changes committed to a branch in your local repository to the branch in the remote repository.
Sync	Syncs the contents of the local and remote repositories by running a git pull command followed by a git push command.
Checkout to...	Switches to an existing branch or creates a branch and switches to it.
Publish Branch	Publishes a private branch created on the local repository and makes it available on the remote repository.
Commit All	Commits both staged and unstaged files to the repository. (A git add -A command is run to add files to the staging area before the git commit command is run.)
Commit All (Amend)	Modifies the message of the last commit. (Adds the -amend option when running the git commit command.)
Commit All (Signed Off)	Identifies who performed the commit in the Git log. (Adds the -signed-off option when running the git commit command.)
Commit Staged	Commits only staged files to the repository.
Commit Staged (Amend)	Modifies the message of the last commit. (Adds the -amend option when running the git commit command.)
Commit Staged (Signed Off)	Identifies who performed the commit in the Git log. (Adds the -signed-off option when running the git commit command.)
Undo Last Commit	Undoes the previous commit. Files are moved back into the staging area.
Discard All Changes	Deletes all files and folders from the staging area of the repository.
Stage All Changes	Adds untracked and modified content to the staging area.
Unstage All Changes	Moves all files out of the staging area. Unstaged files can't be committed to the repository.
Apply Latest Stash	Applies the last stash that was added to the stack stash to the working directory. The stash remains on the stack.
Apply Stash...	Applies a stash that's selected from the stash stack to the working directory. The stash remains on the stack.
Pop Latest Stash	Applies the last stash that was added to the stack stash to the working directory. The stash is then deleted from the stack.
Pop Stash...	Applies a selected stash to the working directory. The stash is then deleted from the stack.
Stash	Adds modified and staged files in the working directory to a named stash.
Stash (include Untracked)	Adds all files, including untracked files, in the working directory to a named stash.
Show Git Output	Displays a window showing the Git commands that are run when you interact with the Git panel interface.

Git commands available from the Git panel search field

You can also access some supported Git command that aren't available in the Git panel menu by typing "git" in the search box:

The following table provides a description of selected Git commands that you can access this way.

Selected Git commands
Menu option	Description
Git: Add Remote	Adds a connection to a remote repository to your Git config file
Git: Delete Branch	Deletes a specified branch.
Git: Fetch	Downloads the content from a branch in remote repository. In contrast with a git pull, the remote changes aren't merged into local repository.
Git: Merge Branch	Integrates the changes made in one branch into another branch. For more information, see the merge branches procedure.