Git shortcuts to make life easier; by VoidCanvas.
$ npm install -g shortgit
| Shortcut | Actual query |
|---|---|
| g | git |
| gs | git status |
| ga | git add . |
| ga path/to/file | git add path/to/file |
| gc "commit message" | git commit -m "commit message" |
| gp | git push origin currentBranch |
| gp remote branch | git push remote branch |
| gp arguments | git push arguments |
| gb | git branch |
| gb --desc "put branch description" | put branch description |
| gb --desc | list of branches with description |
| gd | git diff |
| gl | git log |
| gco filePath | git checkout filePath |
| gco branchName | git checkout branchName |
| gcl repo | git clone repo |
| gpl | git pull origin currentBranch |
| gpl branch | git pull origin branch |
| gplr | git pull --rebase origin currentBranch |
| gpr | raise a pull request from current branch |
| gpr branchName | raise pull request from current branch to branchName branch |
ShortGit is not only for just shortcuts of current git; but it also provides some additional features.
We often create branch, named same as the jira (or any other project management tool) ticket number. And whenever we work with multiple branches of such kind; we forget which branch denotes what.
To solve that ShortGit provides a --desc flag to set and view descriptions of a branch (they are local descriptions and never pushed to actual repo).
gb --desc "This is a description for current branch"
The above command helps to set a description against current branch. And the command below helps to list the branches with corresponding descriptions.
gb --desc
//output
my-branch -> This is my branch which I created.
fun-branch -> This is all about fun
* master -> This is our very own master
Often, while raising pull requests, we run complicated commands or we do that from the browser, after navigating through multiple pages. To simplify that ShortGit provides gpr.
gpr
gpr branchName
Running this command will take you to the pull request page in your browser. You can also provide the branch name, if we want to raise current branch's pull request to non-master branch.