Git Comparison

We aim to match our CLI command behavior as closely to their Git equivalent as possible. This page lists the commands that are currently supported, and any known limitations.

Git Comparison

Setup and Config

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
config	✅
help	🟠

Getting and Creating Databases

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
init	✅
clone	✅

Basic Snapshotting

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
add	✅
status	✅
commit	✅
notes	❌
restore	❌
reset	✅
rm	🟠	See dolt table rm
mv	🟠	See dolt table mv

Branching and Merging

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
branch	✅
checkout	✅
merge	✅
log	✅
stash	✅
tag	✅
worktree	❌
switch	❌

Sharing and Updating Databases

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
fetch	✅
pull	✅
push	✅
remote	✅

Inspection and Comparison

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
show	🟠	not supported for merge commits or internal objects
diff	✅
range-diff	❌
shortlog	❌

Patching

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
cherry-pick	✅
rebase	✅
revert	✅

Debugging

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
bisect	❌
blame	✅

Administration

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
clean	🟠	does not completely match Git's behavior
gc	✅
fsck	❌
reflog	✅	does not completely match Git's behavior: only supports named references (not Git's special refs) shows deleted refs
filter-branch	✅

Plumbing Commands

Component	Supported	Notes and limitations
check-ignore	❌
ls	✅
merge-base	✅
rev-list	❌
rev-parse	❌
name-rev	❌
show-ref	❌
update-ref	❌

If you are interested in a command that is currently unsupported, please open an issue or contact us on discord.