This repository is a compilation of my personal git alias configuration and custom helper scripts that I use on a day to day basis.

Please read the contents of alias.gitconfig to understand the shortcuts

If you're not yet familiar with git aliases, https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/git-alias is a great resource to get started learning.

Installation

Execute the install.sh found in this repository

Via wget

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibaguio/git-helpers/master/install.sh | bash

Via curl

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibaguio/git-helpers/master/install.sh | bash

Manually

• Clone the repository to ~/.git-helpers

git --quiet https://github.com/ibaguio/git-helpers.git ~/.git-helpers

• Make sure the helper scripts can be executed

chmod a+x ~/.git-helpers/bin/*

• Add the git-helpers/bin to your PATH

cd ~/.git-helpers/bin/
echo "alias g=git" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:`pwd`" >> ~/.bashrc

• Include the aliases to your .gitconfig file

# append this to .gitconfig
[include]
   path = ~/.git-helpers/alias.gitconfig

Usage

Restart your shell and run source ~/.zshrc to access new git aliases immediately and run:

git helpme

Base Aliases

Sample aliases defined:

Shorthand	Command
g	git
g s	git status
g log	git log
g br	git branches
g co	git checkout <branch_name>
g cob	git checkout -b <new_branch_name>
g fp	git fetch -p --tags -f
g ap	git add-patch
g cp	git cherry-pick <commit_hash>
g fup	git fixup
g fupr	git fixup -r

and many more aliases found in ./git-helpers/alias.gitconfig file.

Contribution

Feel free to add your own aliases! \m/