git-tools

My git tools. These help me with various git tasks on various platforms.

If they're useful for you, great. If not, no big deal.

vim/.vimrc

The vimrc file contains a shortcut that simplifies my Jira workflow.

Assuming that your branch name contains a Jira tag ("FOO-1234"), then hitting F5 will automatically put the tag at the top of the file, followed by a colon and a space, and leave you in insert mode.

Just add source <path-to-your-clone>/vim/.vimrc to your ~/.vimrc to use.

git/.gitconfig

Various aliases that shorten my daily effort. Some of these are just shorter, some are a bit more savings.

• pushu

  Sometimes I create my branch locally and then want to push it upstream. This combines both into one. If you have checkout.defaultRemote set, will use that upstream instead.

See how to include another gitconfig in yours.

bin

Tools that add to git in ways more complex than should be in a simple alias. Add this directory to your PATH to enable.

• git-swhist

  With git taking - or @{-2} as short forms for recently checked out branches, the question is, what was your branch 5 checkouts ago anyway? This outputs a brief list of checkout history (only the most recent 10 unique branches) by using git reflog, and pulling out the data.

  This also has options to automatically check out the other branch as well allowing you to just hit up-arrow and then put in the number. The number doesn't need any of the @{-} characters - just digits is fine.

  If the option is -? or -all, it will show all the numbers for the last 10 branches, not just the ones that git switch understands, which can then be fed back into cohist.

  And if the option is /.../, then it will use that regex to find the most recently used branch that matches, and switch to that branch. Useful if your branch names have non-overlapping unique names, such as Jira tags (usually).