How I git

Inspired by this post, this is my take on how I use git.

Command line!

Using Sourcetree is so 2010 😜 Some people said to me that they can choose only the files they want to stage and commit. Hold my beer!

Enter git add --patch

This lesser-known command will make you select "hunks" interactively, for example:

diff --git a/test/pages/index.test.tsx b/test/pages/index.test.tsx
index d85854b..2b10a47 100644
--- a/test/pages/index.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/index.test.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   )
 })

+const renderWithProvider = (
+  ui,
+  { providerProps = { value: providerValue }, ...renderOptions } = {}
+) => {
+  return render(
+    <AuthProvider>
+      <StatsProvider {...providerProps}>{ui}</StatsProvider>
+    </AuthProvider>,
+    renderOptions
+  )
+}
+
 describe('Home page', () => {
   it('renders title', () => {
     const { asFragment, getByText } = renderWithProvider(<Home />, {})
(1/3) Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,j,J,g,/,e,?]?

It will describe each file in diffs like above, then ask you if you want to stage the given hunk using y, or skip it with n. You can view all available commands with ?.

(1/3) Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,j,J,g,/,e,?]? ?
y - stage this hunk
n - do not stage this hunk
q - quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining ones
a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file
d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file
g - select a hunk to go to
/ - search for a hunk matching the given regex
j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
e - manually edit the current hunk
? - print help

I often use y, n, q, a, d, s.

I use this command alone so often I make the one-letter alias out of it.

alias p='git add -A -N && git add -p'

git add -A -N is needed if you want to patch new (unstaged) files. Ref.

Other commands

I have many git aliases, but these are ones that I use the most.

• g (just git)
• s (git status)
• m (git commit -m)
• gl (git pull)
• gp (git push)
• gm (git merge)
• gam (git commit --amend --no-edit)
• gco (git checkout)
  • gco - : Switch to previous branch
• ghq
• gh : GitHub CLI
  • gh repo view -w : Open current repo on github.com
  • gh pr checkout 123 : Checkout Pull Request #123