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Using Git Extras

Here's how to use four of the most popular Git Extras.

git-ignore

git-ignore is a convenient extra that allows you to manually add file types and comments to the .git-ignore file without having to open a text editor. It works with both the global ignore file for your user account and the individual ignore file for the repository you are working in.
Executing git-ignore without a parameter will list the global ignore file first, then the local ignore files.



$ git ignore
Global gitignore: /home/alice/.gitignore
# Numerous always-ignore extensions
*.diff
*.err
*.orig
*.rej
*.swo
*.swp
*.vi
*~
*.sass-cache

# OS or Editor folders
Thumbs.db
---------------------------------
Local gitignore: .gitignore
nbproject

git-info

git-info retrieves all the information you need to get your head in the context of a repo you are working with. It includes any remote URLs, remote branches, local branches, configuration info, and the last commit.



$ git info

## Remote URLs:

origin      git@github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (fetch)
origin      git@github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (push)

## Remote Branches:

origin/HEAD -> origin/master
origin/myBranch

## Local Branches:

myBranch
* master

## Most Recent Commit:

commit e3952df2c172c6f3eb533d8d0b1a6c77250769a7
Author: Sample Author <sampleAuthor@gmail.com>

Added git-info command.

Type ´git log´ for more commits, or ´git show <commit id>´ for full commit details.

## Configuration (.git/config):

color.diff=auto
color.status=auto
color.branch=auto
user.name=Sample Author
user.email=sampleAuthor@gmail.com
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
core.ignorecase=true
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
remote.origin.url=git@github.com:mub/git-extras.git
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master

git-mr and git-pr

These extras do similar things and work in basically the same way.
  • git-mr checks out a merge request from GitLab
  • git-pr checks out a pull request on GitHub
In either case, you just need the merge or pull request number or the full URL, and it will fetch the remote reference, check out the branch, and adjust the config, so Git knows which branch it will replace.



$ git mr 51
From gitlab.com:owner/repository
 * [new ref]         refs/merge-requests/51/head -> mr/51
Switched to branch 'mr/51'

git-release

By combining commit, tag, and push into a single command, git-release saves a lot of keystrokes for executing three commands that often run in sequence.
To commit with a specific <tagname> and a custom message:
$ git release 0.1.0 -m <+ powerful feature added>

Other extras

These are just four of the 60+ Git Extras in the repo. To access the full list of commands available in Git Extras, either review the Commands.md file in the source repository or run the following command after you install Git Extras.
$ git extras --help

Install Git Extras

The main prerequisite for Git Extras is having the command-line version of Git installed. If you plan to build from source, you also need additional utilities (e.g., make) to be available.
If you are using a recent version of macOS, Git Extras installation is best handled using Homebrew (as with most open source tools):
$ brew install git-extras
On Linux, Git Extras is available on each platform's native package manager. Sometimes, you need to enable an extra repository, like EPEL on CentOS, then run a single command:
$ sudo yum install git-extras

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