Git shortcuts for common tasks.
$ npm install --global belly
There are a few things in Git that I do a lot. Some things I need in regular intervals but I always have to look up the commands. So I created this CLI tool to simplify the Git tasks I need the most.
Sure, I could have used Git aliases but I wanted to have something that I can install with npm and I didn't want to be confined to Git aliases. This way I can add some nice visual feedback on the console.
I thought you'd never ask!
Stage everything, commit everything and push to origin.
I do this a lot. I commit early and often in my feature branches and
always push it to the server. That is what belly c does.
Type belly c and belly will stage everything, commit it with the
commit message belly auto-commit and push it to origin.
You can specify a commit message by adding it right after the c.
Sometimes it's fine to just commit with a generic commit message. Especially if it is minor work, you're the only person working on the project or if you'll squash all commits in the end anyway.
Switch to the last branch or to an existing branch or create a new branch.
When we navigate between branches we typically either want to switch to an existing branch or create a new one and switch to that one.
Why do we need multiple commands for that?
belly s does it all. If you don't specify a branch name it just switches to the last branch
you were on. If you specify a branch name of an existing branch like: belly s branch-name, it will switch to that. If the branch doesn't exist it will create it and switch to it.
Tag the current commit with a version number and push tags to the server.
In order to annotated-tag the current commit with a version number and push the tag to the server use belly t <version-number>.
You can delete a tag locally and remotely in one go by adding -d at the end.
Rename your local and your remote branch in one go.
belly n <new-branch-name> will rename your local branch with -m <new-branch-name>, then delete your remote branch with push :<current-branch-name> and push the new branch to the server with push -u <new-branch-name>.
Fetch origin master, rebase the current branch on to origin/master and if it doesn't fail, squash the branch.
If your team wants to keep a clean Git history you will most likely have to rebase your branch on a regular basis and squash your commits into one commit per feature.
belly q is here to help! The command will rebase your current branch on to master just to make sure you rebased (you have to make sure your master is up-to-date). Then it will do a reset --soft back to master and then commit all your changes with the commit message you specified after q.
If you work with rebasing and squashing in feature branches a lot, you have to force-push a lot. Instead of using push --force it is recommended to use push --force-with-lease. belly p gives you a nice shortcut for doing a --force-with-lease push. Make sure you understand the ways how --force-with-lease can fail you though.
$ [belly | b] --help
Usage
$ belly [c | s | t | n | q]
Options
--help Display this message
--del or -d Use this flag in combination with the t command to delete a tag locally and remotely
Examples
Commit all staged and unstaged changes with a generic
commit message and push the commit to origin
$ belly c
Commit all staged and unstaged changes with a custom
commit message and push the commit to origin
$ belly c Made some awesome changes
Switch to last branch or switch to/create a branch with a specific name
$ belly s [some-branch]
Tag and annotate the current commit with a version number
and push the tag to origin
$ belly t 1.4.2
Delete a tag locally and on the server
$ belly t 1.4.2 -d
Rename the current branch locally and on origin
$ belly n some-branch
Squash all commits since master
$ belly q Made some awesome changes
Force push with `--force-with-lease`
$ belly p
When looking for a name I started with git-shortcuts which was to long
so I shortened it to g-cuts. Still too long. guts was cool but a little
gross so guts became belly.
MIT © Kahlil Lechelt