git-hi-bye

git aliases to quickly transfer the current branch between machines using private branches on the server.

Installation

curl -sL https://git.io/git-bye-hi | sh -

# or
wget -nv -O - https://git.io/git-bye-hi | sh -

This will add two aliases git byeand git hi to your global .gitconfig.

Usage

Run git bye to:

• Commit pending changes
  • All untracked and changed files will be added to the commit
  • The commit message will be generated automatically: Commit on <HOSTNAME> at <current date and time>
  • Commit hooks will not be run (git commit --no-verify)
• Force-push the current branch to your origin remote as a private branch named refs/private/<your username>/<current branch name>

Run git hi to:

• Fetch private branches (refs/private/<your username>/*) from your origin remote
• Update local branches from the private branches on the server
  • refs/private/<your username>/master will update your master branch
  • Only fast-forwards are allowed
  • New branches not available locally yet will be created

Example

1. Make some changes to your working copy

agross@AXL /scratch/workstation @master*
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   123

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

2. Save them on the server using git bye

agross@AXL /scratch/workstation @master*
$ git bye
Saving branch master for user agross
[master a8d41b1] Commit on AXL at Fri, May 20, 2016 12:01:47 PM
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Counting objects: 3, done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 286 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To /scratch/workstation/../server.git
 - [new branch]      HEAD -> refs/private/agross/master

agross@AXL /scratch/workstation @master
$ git log --oneline --decorate
a8d41b1 (HEAD -> master) Commit on AXL at Fri, May 20, 2016 12:01:47 PM
2c553f0 (origin/master) First commit

3. Open a git shell on another machine and restore with git hi

agross@AXL /scratch/laptop @master
$ git log --oneline --decorate
2c553f0 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) First commit

agross@AXL /scratch/laptop @master
$ git hi
Fetching private branches for user agross and updating local branches
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
From /scratch/laptop/../server
   2c553f0..a8d41b1  refs/private/agross/master -> master

± git log --oneline --decorate
a8d41b1 (HEAD -> master) Commit on AXL at Fri, May 20, 2016 12:01:47 PM
2c553f0 (origin/master, origin/HEAD) First commit