In version control, it is important to reset the remote branch to a previous commit while maintaining the local branch unaltered. GitPython may be used to automate this procedure using Python scripts or with specific Git commands. Important commands include resetting the local branch to match the remote and forcing the required commit to the remote branch. Conflicts are avoided and a smooth workflow is ensured by managing local and remote branches properly.

You must locate the commit SHA you started from in order to obtain the correct diff for a pull request from Git. Several techniques, such as git commands like git rev-list and git log, or scripting to use the GitHub API, can be used to do this.

It can be difficult to add an unzipped folder as a Git submodule when direct cloning is not an option. This tutorial offers ways to automate the process with scripts written in Python and Bash. While the Python script makes use of shutil.copytree and subprocess.run, the Bash script makes use of commands like git init and git submodule add.

It can be difficult to deal with the "TF402462" problem while migrating Git to Azure, particularly if there are a lot of repositories. Using Git LFS to manage huge files and clearing the repository history are crucial to solve this problem. Repository size can be drastically decreased by tracking huge files and by using commands like git lfs migrate and git filter-repo as well.