Awesome Git Add-ons

This repository is a curated list of add-ons designed to extend and enhance the standard Git CLI. These tools provide additional commands and functionality to streamline Git workflows.

Note: Some commands may require manual configuration of aliases or the execution of post-install scripts to function correctly after installation.

git-deploy allows you to deploy your code to remote servers via Git. You can set up a production remote and push your branches directly to the server to trigger deployments.

$ git remote add production "user@example.com:/apps/mynewapp"
$ git deploy setup -r "production"
$ git deploy init
$ git push production master

hub is a GitHub CLI that extends Git commands to interact directly with GitHub features like pull requests, forks, and repository creation. It allows you to perform actions like git clone, git pull-request, and git fork using GitHub URLs or shorthand.

Common tasks include:

• Cloning: Use git clone <user>/<repo> to clone via HTTPS or git clone -p <user>/<repo> for SSH.
• Pull Requests: Use git pull-request to open a text editor for the title and body, or git merge <url> to merge a remote pull request.
• Repository Management: Use git fork to fork a repo on GitHub, git create to create a new repo on GitHub, and git browse to open the current repo in a browser.
• Workflow: Use git push <remote>,<other_remote> <branch> to push to multiple remotes simultaneously.

The git-user tool allows you to manage multiple identity profiles (e.g., 'work' and 'home') and switch between them for specific repositories.

# add a work profile for Henry
$ git user add work "Dr. Henry Jekyll" henry@jekyll.com

# add a personal profile for Edward
$ git user add home "Edward Hyde" hyde@night.com

# list out our saved profiles
$ git user list

# set the current git repository user to the home profile
$ git user set home

# check the current repository profile
$ git user

Git Town provides high-level commands to automate multi-step git operations:

• git hack <branch>: Fetches, rebases, and checks out a branch in one step.
• git sync: Performs a full sync (fetch, checkout main, rebase, checkout branch, merge, and push).
• git new-pull-request: Prepares a branch for a pull request by syncing with main and merging.
• git ship: Merges a feature branch into main via squash merge, pushes, and deletes the local feature branch.

git-issue allows you to manage project issues using a dedicated Git repository. This enables issues to be versioned, tagged, assigned, and synchronized across different hosts using standard Git commands.

# Initialize an empty issues repository
$ git issue init

# Create a new issue (opens editor)
$ git issue new

# Create a new issue with a summary string
$ git issue new -s 'New issue entered from the command line'

# List issues (optionally filtered by tag)
$ git issue list
$ git issue list gui

# Manage issue metadata
$ git issue tag e6a9 urgent
$ git issue tag -r e6a9 urgent
$ git issue assign e6a9 joe@example.com
$ git issue watcher e6a9 jane@example.com

# View issue details and comments
$ git issue show e6a95c9
$ git issue show -c e6a95c9

# Synchronize issues
$ git issue push
$ git issue pull

The legit tool simplifies common git workflows like publishing, syncing, and switching branches while managing local/remote states.

• git branches: Lists branches and indicates if they are (published) or (unpublished).
• git sync: Pulls commits from the server, rebases your work, and pushes changes.
• git switch <branch>: Switches branches while automatically stashing local changes to keep the working directory clean.
• git publish: Publishes the current branch to the remote.
• git unpublish <branch>: Unpublishes a specific branch.

$ git branches
$ git sync
$ git switch master
$ git publish
$ git unpublish master

The git-secret tool allows you to store sensitive files in a git repository by encrypting them. It uses GPG for encryption/decryption.

• git secret init: Initializes the .gitsecret/ directory.
• git secret tell <email>: Adds a person (via email) who is authorized to decrypt the secrets.
• git secret add <file>: Adds a file to the list of secrets to be encrypted.
• git secret list: Lists all files currently managed by git-secret.
• git secret hide: Encrypts all managed files.
• git secret reveal: Decrypts the files (requires a passphrase/GPG key).

$ git secret init
$ git secret tell my@email.com
$ git secret add hideme.txt
$ git secret list
$ git secret hide
$ git secret reveal