Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#1

Post by CuriousGeorgeQA » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 9:59 PM UTC

For me it's nothing fancy. Just "co", "st", and "br" for "checkout", "status" and "branch".

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#2

Post by mrdude42 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 10:02 PM UTC

I'd always make one for my work dev folder so I could quickly switch to it as soon as I restarted my terminal. I'd always make it just a 2 letter abbreviation. For example, my last one was an alias "s6" to take me the the correct dev folder.

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#3

Post by polalavik » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 10:05 PM UTC

I alias git status --untracked=no so that i can easily see what a gunked up thats already on the repo.

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#4

Post by selljamhere » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 10:06 PM UTC

For anyone new to aliases, you can add them with:

  alias my_alias="command"

Add it to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile so it's ready whenever you are. Check out this page for more info: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-create-bash-aliases/

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#5

Post by jpmoral » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 11:10 PM UTC

Nothing fancy either

  alias.co checkout
  alias.br branch
  alias.ci commit
  alias.st status
  alias.cm commit -m
  alias.unstage reset HEAD --
  alias.cob checkout -b
  alias.pp pull --prune

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#6

Post by pawelduda » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC

ga - add

gc - commit

gc! - amend

gcm - checkout master

gco - checkout

gcb - checkout new branch

Rebase:

grb

grbc - continue

grba - abort

Cherry pick:

gcp

gcpc - continue

gcpa - abort

These all are included in zsh git aliases but listed these I'm using on regular basis.

I also have a function that checks out master, pulls it, runs DB migrations and so on.

For longer ones like `g reset --soft HEAD~1` where I cba setting up alias, I just ctrl+r and fetch them with fzf or zsh autosuggestions - probably same amount of keystrokes as typing out alias

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#7

Post by pawelduda » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 11:41 PM UTC

mrdude42 wrote: post #2

I'd always make one for my work dev folder so I could quickly switch to it as soon as I restarted my terminal. I'd always make it just a 2 letter abbreviation. For example, my last one was an alias "s6" to take me the the correct dev folder.

Check out zsh-z, autojump (or any derivative of these)

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#8

Post by palata » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 11:48 PM UTC

I don't use aliases, and I don't feel line I am losing time, like at all. Well I need to touch my hardware key when I push, which takes half a second...

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#9

Post by jdsalaro » Fri, Jul 07, 2023, 1:07 AM UTC

I actually have them documented here and the aliases file is autogenerated whenever I add or update new ones :)

https://jdsalaro.com/note/wrist-friendly-git-shortcuts

I decided against git aliases in favour of shell aliases, but people might still find them interesting.

For me, and my wrists, gs and gf have been game-changing.

Re: Ask HN: What are some Git aliases you setup that save you time?

#10

Post by qup » Fri, Jul 07, 2023, 2:41 AM UTC

selljamhere wrote: post #4

For anyone new to aliases, you can add them with: alias my_alias="command" Add it to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile so it's ready whenever you are. Check out this page for more info: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-create-bash-aliases/

Okay, but this is about git aliases. Quite similar.