[Tech] Git at speed

Introduction

Here are some aliases that I use pretty much everyday. Here, I explain in detailed my aliases use at work. You can find all the code here and here

what’s up G

First off, aliasing g as git. This is default on linux machine.

current branch name

I use this a lot in the other aliases

g at means git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

always pull rebase auto-stash

g pr means git pull --autostash --rebase

rebase interative

g reb 3 means git rebase --interative 3

push and force push

g p means git push

g pf means git push --force-with-lease

set upstream

Once you checkout a new branch, you have to type that long setting upstream thing. Automate that!

function set_upstream {
    CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD);
    echo "setting up stream branch $CURRENT_BRANCH"
    git push --set-upstream origin $CURRENT_BRANCH
}
alias up=set_upstream

commit all with a random message

You are lazy and don’t want to invent a commit message(because you will rebase it anyway(you are commiting on your own branch, of course!))

function commit_misc {
    CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD);
    myArray=("a funny" "a lovely" "a cute" "an adorable" "a pretty" "an elegant" "a charming" "a gorgeous" "a stunning")
    num=${#myArray[@]}
    index=$((1 + $RANDOM % $num))
    adj=${myArray[$index]}
    echo "writing $adj commit and push to branch: $CURRENT_BRANCH"
    git add .
    git commit -m "$adj commit at $(date +%F_%H-%M-%S)"
}
alias misc=commit_misc

You might be lazy typing g p and want to commit and push in one enter!

function commit_misc_then_push {
    commit_misc
    git push
}
alias miscp=commit_misc_then_push