branchx is a simple extension to Git which serves two purposes:
a. Make it easy to refer to a recent commit with only 3-4 keystrokes,
regardless of repo size. This is done with ephemeral references of the form
h/## which are generated whenever branchx is run.
b. Give the user a view of all commits that have not been pushed back upstream yet. These commits are the most important, as they represent the commits which are still in flux and may be rebased, amended, etc.
Run:
$ dest=binpath/commandname
$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matvore/branchx/master/wrapper.sh > "$dest"
$ chmod +x "$dest"
Where binpath is some directory in $PATH, and commandname is whatever you
want the command to be named. Use a name like git-foo take make it a new Git
subcommand.
This requires GNU Make and a C compiler. On macOS, this means the Xcode Command Line Tools should be installed.
The default graph shown by branchx includes all local branches and (if
defined) all of their upstream branches. It also shows the most recent common
ancestor (i.e. the merge base) of all of these branches.
You can change the default branches shown by passing extra arguments. If any arguments are passed, these are taken to be branches to show in the graph. The merge base is also added to the graph automatically. For instance:
$ branchx master work
Shows the commits at the heads of master and work, and their most recent
common ancestor, and all commits in between.
To set upstream of a branch: $ git branch -u origin/master