Helpful scrips for git and other things
A collection of scripts for frequent git tasks on the command line. These scripts must be run in a directory under git source control.
The gadd script will output a numbered list of files with unstaged changes in the current repo, and a prompt for the user to enter a number.
> gadd
Modified files:
1 example/File1
2 example/File2
3 someOtherFile1
4 someOtherFile2
Select file to add:
Enter the number for the file you want to stage and the script will run git add --patch for that file, allowing changes to be selectively staged.
Like gadd but runs git restore --patch for the selected file. Allowing changes to be selectively restored.
The gdiff script will output a numbered list of files with unstaged changes in the current repo, and a prompt for the user to enter a number.
> gdiff
Modified files:
1 example/File1
2 example/File2
3 someOtherFile1
4 someOtherFile2
Select file to diff:
Selecting a file will show the diff for that file.
The gdiffc script will output a numbered list of commits, for all commits upto, but not including, the most recent merge commit in the history. Commits are listed in order starting with the most recent.
> gdiffc
1 c25a503dd4 Add support for X
2 430f4f2d32 Make change to Y
3 8e5550cda9 Move function X to file Z
Select a commit to diff:
Selecting a commit will show the diff between that commit and its parent, i.e., the diff of all changes made by the selected commit.
The greb script will output a numbered list of commits, for all commits upto, but not including, the most recent merge commit in the history. Commits are listed in order starting with the most recent.
> greb
1 c25a503dd4 Add support for X
2 430f4f2d32 Make change to Y
3 8e5550cda9 Move function X to file Z
Select a commit to start rebase:
Selecting a commit will run git rebase -i <selected commit>^ starting an interactive rebase session for the selected commit and all more recent commits.
The gfix script will output a numbered list of commits, for all commits upto, but not including, the most recent merge commit in the history. Commits are listed in order starting with the most recent.
> gfix
1 c25a503dd4 Add support for X
2 430f4f2d32 Make change to Y
3 8e5550cda9 Move function X to file Z
Select a commit to fixup:
Selecting a commit will create a fixup commit from all currently staged changes. The fixup will target the selected commit.
The gck script will output a numbered list of local branches.
> gck
Local branches:
1 * branchX c25a503dd4 [origin/branchX] Some commit message for X
2 branchY 68a62e4f04 Some commit message for Y
3 branchZ 436206cd84 [origin/branchZ] Some commit message for Z
Select branch to checkout:
Selecting a branch will checkout that branch.
TODO: Document more of the scripts