gitredux

###This project is nascent and in a state of flux!

I started this project because git log --no-pager gives an error. Apparently I wanted git --no-pager log. This was the last straw. So I decided to "fix" the git CLI.

This project takes inspiration from gitless and legit, and is influenced by this blog post and this fantastic diatribe. However, I feel all of these tools are either underdeveloped or too opinionated. I want a tool that gives me all the same control as git but without the headache of its impossible to remember commands.

Goals

• CONSISTANCY
• Fewer, more orthogonal commands
• More useful built-in behaviors

Commands

(bound to get out of date quickly)

get	git
get stage	git add -u :/
get stage %FILES%	git add %FILES%
get unstage	git reset HEAD
get unstage %FILES%	git reset HEAD %FILES%
get reset	git checkout -f HEAD
get reset %FILES%	git checkout %FILES%
get commit %MESSAGE%	git commit -m %MESSAGE%
get branch %BRANCH%	stashes working tree, creates or switches branch, and checks out branch
get rmbranch %BRANCH%	git branch -d %BRANCH% TODO: rename?
get fetch	Fetches all remotes and fast-forwards local branches when possible
get fetch %BRANCHES%	Fetches and fast-forwards the specified branches
get status	git status
get review	git diff --cached
get diff	compare working tree with HEAD (git diff HEAD)
get diff STAGE	compare working tree with stage (git diff)
get diff %REF%	compare working tree with %REF% (git diff %REF%)
get diff STAGE %REF%	compare stage with %REF% (git diff --cached %REF%)
get diff %REFA% %REFB%	compare %REFA% with %REFB% (git diff %REFA% %REFB%)

TODO

Now that I've added tab completion, I think "stage" and "status" are too similar. Also, I have three commands that start with "r" which is a problem.

Changelog

• I renamed "update" to "fetch" to avoid completion conflicts with "unstage". Also, it really is just fetch + fast-forward. One of my goals is NOT to use different terminology than git, because that makes StackOverflow less useful.