git-extensions
Additions and tweaks to the Git CLI.
GPL-3.0 License
Git CLI extensions
Additions and tweaks to the Git CLI.
These are some personal aliases, shortcuts, and extensions that make (my) work with the Git distributed version control tool easier and faster. Some of them may be specific to my environment and workflow, and especially the advanced commands often rely on other (potentially unpublished) scripts, but maybe someone finds a valuable nugget in there.
Installation
Download all / some selected extensions (note that some have dependencies, though) and put them somewhere in your PATH, or just add the ./bin subdirectory to PATH. You can then invoke them via git-SUBCOMMAND; those commands that don't override built-in ones or have case differences can also be invoked via git SUBCOMMAND (space instead of hyphen!).
Additionally, the gitconfig supplies many aliases and shortcuts. You can mix and match those within your own .gitconfig, or import all of it (beware this is highly personal and still very much in flux!) via the following fragment in there:
[include]
path = PATH/TO/git-extensions/gitconfig
To use system-local configuration (like .gitconfig, but in a separate file, so you can still share or synchronize the former), add this as well:
[include]
path = .local/.gitconfig
This is used by the git customtool command.
It is recommended to also use the (Bash, but should also work in Korn shell and Dash) shell functions (e.g. in your .bashrc) found at shell/wrappers.sh to transparently invoke the extensions in the same way as the built-in Git commands, via git SUBCOMMAND. It also supports the hub extension.
The shell/aliases.sh script (also meant to be sourced in .bashrc) defines additional (Bash-only) aliases for stuff that cannot be done by an extension script (like automatically changing your current directory). shell/completions.sh set up Bash completion for commands that take shell commands.
The profile/aliases.sh sets up system-specific Git aliases, which will be persisted in the system-local configuration; these only need to be sourced once, e.g. from your .profile.