git-toolbelt is a collection of command-line helpers that extend Git with operations useful for scripting and everyday development. Some commands provide concise answers that are awkward to obtain from Git directly, while others combine several Git operations into safer or more convenient workflows.
The collection ranges from simple repository queries to history-editing tools. It is particularly useful for shell users who prefer small composable commands over a separate Git interface and for scripts that need predictable machine-readable output or useful exit statuses.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- git current-branch reports the current branch and git main-branch identifies the repository’s primary branch.
- git sha resolves objects to commit hashes with optional abbreviated output.
- git modified and git modified-since produce concise lists of changed files and support pathspec filtering.
- Branch-listing helpers provide machine-processable local, remote, active and recently used branch lists.
- git push-current pushes the current branch and configures its upstream tracking branch.
- git cleanup conservatively removes branches that have already been merged.
- git diff-since shows changes introduced on the current branch relative to its base.
- git commit-to and git cherry-pick-to apply work to another branch without permanently switching to it.
- git skip, git unskip and git show-skipped provide local mechanisms for temporarily ignoring files.
- git shatter-by-file and git cleave help split existing commits into smaller commits.
- git delouse places the contents of the latest commit back into the working tree.
- git amend-date and git edit-author-dates provide tools for adjusting commit dates.
- Repository-test commands such as git is-repo, git is-clean and git is-ancestor are convenient in scripts.
- Safety-related helpers handle local changes, stashes, branch deletion and remote operations conservatively.
- The collection can be linked into a user’s local binary directory for straightforward command discovery.
Website: github.com/nvie/git-toolbelt
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Developer: Vincent Driessen
License: BSD 3-Clause ‘New’ or ‘Revised’ License
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