git-shell-scripts

A collection of helpful shell scripts for git bash. The general theme is keeping your branch up to date with origin/master, and easily tracking and pruning old branches.

OSX Instructions

First cd to your desired file location and clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/andmatt/git-shell-scripts.git

After cloning the repo - add the location to $PATH by adding the following line to your .bash_profile. Change the command to reference the directory where git-shell-scripts was saved.

export PATH="$HOME/git-shell-scripts:$PATH"

You can use the echo >> command or manually open the file with open -a TextEdit ~/.bash_profile

Then cd to your path and apply execute permissions to the files

chmod 777 *

Usage

git branches #fetch origin and list all local and remote branches
git cleanup #prune remote branches + corresponding local branches
git fix_commit %1 #change the message of your last commit and unstage all changes
git magic #make your current branch up to date with origin/master 
git new_branch %1 #create a new branch with name `%1`, push it to origin, and sync with origin/master
git lazy_commit %1 #commit and ignore all pre-commit hooks