git-smart is a small collection of Git helper commands that try to make common repository tasks safer and more informative.
It’s aimed at users who want smarter defaults around pulling, merging, and viewing history, while still seeing the underlying Git commands being run. That makes it useful both as a convenience layer and as a gentle learning aid for less experienced Git users.
The software is distributed as a Ruby gem and installs commands such as git smart-pull, git smart-merge, and git smart-log.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides safer wrapper commands for everyday Git workflows.
- Includes smart-pull, a replacement for git pull that selects an appropriate update strategy.
- Can use the configured tracking branch or fall back to an origin branch with the same name.
- Uses rebase when needed and can stash and restore local changes.
- Includes smart-merge, a wrapper around git merge –no-ff with helpful output.
- Includes smart-log, a Git log alias with a richer history display.
- Shows Git commands that modify the repository so users can learn what’s happening.
- Distributed as a Ruby gem for straightforward installation.
Website: github.com/geelen/git-smart
Support:
Developer: Glen Maddern
License: MIT License
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