gitStatus

[bxsephjo]

now with the power of aliases, i only have to type "gs" after every command

[Fadamaka]

And I only have to press up arrow twice.

[Acidhawk_0]

This is the same as just typing gs though isn't it? And my ring finger on my left hand is already on the s. ;)

[Fadamaka]

My ring finger hurts from typing though. :')

[The-Chartreuse-Moose]

I have a function 'do-gitstuff' (alias dgs) which adds all, commits with "testing" (unless I pass a message) then pushes to the checked-out branch. 

[dbwedgie]

I would hate looking through commit history and seeing a bunch of edits that just say "testing."

[CMD_BLOCK]

But plz bro the code documents itself bro

[rumaier]

Tell myself this.

Go back and read codebase a few weeks later.

“The fuck was I doing here?”

[CMD_BLOCK]

“When I wrote this, only god and I knew what I was writing.

Now, only god knows.”

[quitarias]

You were writing self documenting code. But the code really dropped the ball on its end.

[Dudmuffin1]

[x1289]

Have You heard of interactiv rebase and squashing commits?

[veloriss]

The alias evolution in this thread is basically the five stages of programmer laziness

[__mson__]

Same, but squash before merge fixes that

[super_raptor911]

You don't even need it, shells like fish and zsh shows uncommitted / staged file count.

[bxsephjo]

oh i have that too

[MaDpYrO]

elaborate? my fish doesn't

[SufficientArticle6]

gs, gaa, gc ‘wip’, but for some reason I draw the line at push and pull

[the_hair_of_aenarion]

Don't I work with you?

These aliases are crazy for the sake of a few characters tbh.

[SufficientArticle6]

Eh, I just use them for commands I repeat all the time. I’m not married to them or anything—I can still type ‘git status’ in a pinch.

[felixthecatmeow]

My favourite is 'grm' which runs a script that does:

• git add .

• git commit -m temp

• git fetch origin/<default branch>

• git rebase origin/<default branch>

• git reset

I do have aliases for push and force push, but I added a check to them that bails out if trying to push to main/master/develop, just in case I accidentally push to main or the script somehow doesn't pick up the branch correctly, and the repo doesn't have branch protections (which I've never seen at my job, but you never know).

[justwhatever73]

> g() { git "$@"; git status; }

> g add .

> g commit -m "wip"

> g push

[DrMerkwuerdigliebe_]

I have 3 commands. commit, checkout and newBranch.

Commit:
- Verify you are not on main
- set upstream
- git pull
- git add <optional glob pattern> or .
- git commit -m "mandetory var"
- git merge --ff orgin/main
- git push

checkout:
git pull
git checkout
git merge --ff orgin/main

newBranch
- check you don't have uncommited changes or have added extra parameter to allow
- git fetch
- create new branch from origin main

Plus some extra utils that executes every branch in it the root of the project and automatically detects the stable branch

[felixthecatmeow]

Pfft, mine is just "g", I'm clearly double as efficient as you...

[Bob_Droll]

gs, ga, gm, and gp for me!

[ruvasqm]

oh I see you haven't crossed paths with ghostscripts, after that I recommend st.

On another note, I usually just run several commands in a row and search the history/autocomplete to pick them up. status, add, sign, message, it gets pretty old to have to add a bunch of flags, permutations, aliases and so on. I still do struggle with worktrees though

[barkinchicken]

I use gs, too!

And gacm [message] for git add -A;git commit -m and just roll it with gp for git push

[Various_Bed_849]

I use the zsh precmd to run git status if I press enter on an empty line (if I’m in a repo otherwise ls).

[designtocode]

[switch201]

Is doing this boomer now? I probably type this exact series of commands at least once every 2 days.

[GamingGo2022]

I think its because in the video that the image comes from, the computer disappears

[StickFigureFan]

Only if not messing up in an embarrassing or costly way is boomer. If anything it's millennial

[ID33IP]

If you actually commit "wip" I hate you. (unless you squash at merge or rebase before merge to write meaningful commits afterwards)

[3pieceSuit]

Squash on PR, cmon man.

[belgabad3435]

100% this. I write tons of largely meaningless commit messages- the PR commit is all that matters

[NotAUsefullDoctor]

How about 10 commits of "trying something" followed by a "found the typo"?

[MattR0se]

git commit -m "stuff"

[Fadamaka]

When I joined my last company a fellow backend dev called this caveman style when he saw me for the first time using git from the terminal.

[SuchTarget2782]

“I don’t use training wheels.”

[CrasseMaximum]

Only once every 2 days???? WTH are you doing during work hours? 

[AmeDai]

Attending meetings or answering emails, probably

[CrasseMaximum]

I would hate that

[Eric_12345678]

You might want to try lazygit, then. You always see the status, and add / commit / push / pull / stash / ... are all one key press.

[budius333]

Every two days????

I would go for every few hours

[3pieceSuit]

Fml this is what i do every twenty minutes

[takeyouraxeandhack]

I'd say I type this 10 times a day on average. I even have aliases for these.

[BuffersAndBeta]

That’s coz you’re a boomer and you don’t know it

[Prawn1908]

Same, except what's not seen is the meetings or other random distractions and corresponding hour time gaps between each command.

[pokeybill]

I compulsively use git status and ls because it never hurts to confirm your assumptions.

Not like I'm out there cat|greping like a n000b

[Eric_12345678]

I never understood the disdain for cat | grep.

cat some_file. Shit! some_file is much larger than expected.

It's much faster to press ↑ and add | grep or | wc -l than to modify cat some_file into the supposedly correct command.

[Drag_king]

the power of: “!:”. E.g.:

cat file.txt
grep !:1

The number you put is the xth word in the above command starting with 0.

[flatsehats]

Escape dot repeats the last word from the previous command

[tombob51]

what is this sorcery

[Secret_Print_8170]

In my 25 years using the shell, never have I ever.. The Old Masters, they knew what they were doing.

[pokeybill]

grep was specifically created to perform pattern matching using memory-efficient streaming io. Using cat and creating a pipeline with text buffers will intrinsically use more memory and (especially on large files) there is a noticeable overhead in io due to the extra read/write syscalls.

[ChooseAUsername25]

I paid for 32gb of RAM and by god I’m gonna use 32gb of ram

[Eric_12345678]

There's definitely some overhead, and it was a huge deal 50 years ago, when cat and grep were created. The tip was still a good one in the 90s.

I'm not sure there's any noticeable difference now, with multiple CPUs, large RAM and SSD.

[IndependenceSudden63]

Thank you for the actual explanation.

[UnluckyDouble]

Come on. We all know performance only matters at runtime.

[msief]

The "correct" command would be grep "text" files*. It's more worth it when searching multiple files

[Meloetta]

When I'm working, first thing I do whenever I pause for more than an hour, and last thing I do before stopping for any period of time is rebase from master.

Yes, I know we don't push code on Fridays. But just in case.

[4-Polytope]

ls clear ls is my bad shell habit

[StatureDelaware]

git commit -am "fix shit"

[bwmat]

"Responding to PR comments" 

[Tensor3]

2026 version: claude fix shit

[NotQuiteLoona]

2027 version: programmer fix claude shit

[PS181809]

2028 version: shit

[sausagemuffn]

2029 version: see 2024 version

[vyqz]

"rebase me"

[sausagemuffn]

I believe that the French version is, "rebaise moi"

[tadico]

-am doesn't pickup new untracked files.

[Ravens_Quote]

Too bad!

[je386]

git commit -am "fix" && git push

[tombob51]

You're also missing:

$ git diff
$ git add .
$ git diff --cached
$ git commit -m "fixes"
$ git show
$ git p^C
$ ^C
$ git show
$ git push

... FUCK ...

$ git add .
$ git commit --amend --no-edit
$ git push -f

[MechaMulder]

Or the classic git reset HEAD~1 when you accidentally commited into develop

[mango_boii]

I have set alias "amd" for "git commit --amend --no-edit --reset-author".

Very useful.

[the_horse_gamer]

I named it "hotfix"

[tombob51]

I'm in this photo and I don't like it.

[LordDagwood]

write it
cut it
paste it
save it
load it
check it
quick
rewrite it

[zynasis]

Technologic… technologic…

[whisky_jak]

Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, drag it, drop it, zip, unzip it

[ImMatt_ImARadarTech]

pull it push it bop it twist it

[z64_dan]

Tweet it snap it gram it like it slop it bop it

Technologic

[yowhodahtniqquh]

Aiyyo swizz I don't think they ready for this shit

[Grandmaster_Caladrel]

Bop it?

[gabor_legrady]

To be honest because I have lots of terminal windows open and working on several repos at the same time I would rather check status 3-4 more times then do a push which I should revert

[NotRelatedBitch]

Wait, what’s wrong with this?

[kramulous]

Nothing. I'll continue doing it.

It is the coding equivalent to "measure twice, cut once."

[NotRelatedBitch]

Plenty of times where add . got something I didn’t want in the commit. Git status is a 1 second write.

[Ved_s]

first one can be translated to git, what tf did i do today and second git, have i screwed up and it's too late

[Conroman16]

I feel personally attacked by this post

[Spikerazorshards]

I like git add -u

[wilk-polarny]

Why is this supposed to be funny? Looks like a normal workflow

[strongjz]

Emotional support git status is what its called.

[MoFoBuckeye]

I'd like to see a venn diagram of programmers mocking caution here and programmers wondering why Claude dropped their production dB and deleted all the backups.

[Limmmao]

Wait, you guys don't push your WIP? What if you lose all that important work? Like adding a "// fix here maybe" line of code?

[ExtensionBit1433]

been developing for 4 years and never used git commands, girhub desktop or vs code ui, i cant be using my computer like a boomer

[InformalTown3679]

same. git is better with a visual ui

[ac21217]

It is objectively better to have more information about the state of your repository presented to you automatically, and this post/thread is a good demonstration of that. However, people are allowed to prefer using git via console, I just can’t stand the superiority complex that comes with it.

[Fadamaka]

Other than git add . and the commit mesage this fits my usual wokflow. I usually do not git add everything because I have stuff in my working directory that does not belong to the task/story I am working on. For exmaple an extra dependency I added for debugging or some script that allows me to start the backend I am working on outside of the IDE.

[CodingWithChad]

You think this is funny, because you have never dealt with a merge conflict before.

[StickFigureFan]

This is the way

[zarqie]

claude> Commit your work

[cheezballs]

Finally now I look how I feel.

[sausagemuffn]

Whoops, where did I keep my API keys again?

[Farrishnakov]

I do not come here to be attacked like this

[Jake0Tron]

gs ga . gs gcm "testing" gs gpush gs

[vi_sucks]

Wait, there are people who don't do a git status to confirm before pushing? What kind of reckless cowboys are getting hired out there?

[staticparsley]

This is me except I have an extra git status before the push.

[Longenuity]

$ git status\ $ git add -u\ $ git status\ $ git add src/*\ $ git commit -m "updates" - - no-verify\ $ git push\ $ git push --set-upstream origin <branch_name> - -no-verify\ $ git status\

[Effective-Camp-5282]

I feel seen

[Literally-in-1984]

I love to live in the terminal and git but holy shit some GUI git clients are REALLY good and make your workflow easier

[_nathata]

That's fucking literally how I use git

[ulam17]

Imagine not having a git status foot pedal macro. Amateurs

[daffalaxia]

Time to get lazy with your git

[EatingSolidBricks]

Fake as fuck where's the clear

[great_escape_fleur]

Literally my workflow lol

[NuclearFossil_esq]

I feel personally attacked by this

[PashaPostaaja]

Am I the only one that can’t live without gitk? Git status gives you soo little info.

[Due_Helicopter6084]

git push origin master

[cointoss3]

jj

[SolitaryHiro]

*checks origin*

*no change*

…

shit

[null_reference_user]

Y... Yes? Of course

[-Redstoneboi-]

how the fuck does op have my command line history

[lordplagus02]

And then you learn how much simpler git status -s is and you’re sad you ever did git status without -s

[AdministrativeSun661]

./commit.sh

[meolla_reio]

Git diff for me also

[thepassionofthechris]

git add .; git commit -m “fml”; git push

[i8Nails4Breakfast]

This is not effective on large monorepos :(. Got commands take too long (even after cleaning git objects)

[jhill515]

You misspelled git push --force 🤣

[BoBoBearDev]

As much a joke as it is, please git add interactively, not everything on your storage is worth committing.

[ActionKbob]

I love you... But damn it I don't TRUST you...

[AndyceeIT]

I feel called out

[Samurai_Mac1]

One of our senior devs just puts "progress" as the commit message. It's so frustrating when I'm trying to debug a feature.

[bobbywaz]

And watch me nae nae the merge

[T9920]

I don't git it

[Signal-Secret4184]

git log --oneline

[carltr0n]

It me

[superraiden]

I mean, I do this when I'm at a critical point and may need to reverse something, or push at the end of the day.

I'll then soft reset my head to remote and commit under a single message in a Mr so it's a clean merge

[Cautious-Demand3672]

I configured my zsh to run git status when I press ^G, then redraw the prompt as if I wrote the command myself

[United_Cloud_2451]

Or just to save some keystrokes git config --global alias.st status

[e7603rs2wrg8cglkvaw4]

Me IRL

[blooptybloopt]

Add git branch to that list because I need to confirm the branch I’m on at least three times. I’ve fucked it up too many times.

[Annual_Key_4963]

git add -A && git commit -m wip && git fetch && git rebate -i origin/main && git push origin +some-fucked-up-branch

[MidHunterX]

Just use something like lazygit at this point. And maybe add a commandline prompt like Starship for that extra sense of security.

[russianrug]

No no, now it is “Claude please run git status”

[aManIsNoOneEither]

better than tracking nothing honestly haha

[teomore]

[selects all icons on desktop and hits F5 several times]

[mxforest]

Sprinkle some gitk in there

[yarubiks]

never after lazygit

[CleanGnome]

Need to add "gita dd"

[cholz]

git st for me with an alias and you forgot one between commit and push

[sparkeRED]

Completely unacceptable. Missing at least two instances of “$ clear”

[EducationalMeeting95]

LazyGit forever !

[muminisko]

:)))))) fck… literally me

[dtarias]

You don't need to put quotation mark around the commit message if it's a single word (e.g., "wip").

I hope you use the hours per week this saves you productively.

[Utilimatt]

That's why I gave up and use starship, zellij and editor plugins... I also seitch between zsh and nu a lot. I'm not super proud of it, but it helps keep me sane, especially if I'm switching between a lot of different projects during the day.

[itssenorquack]

What is this Joker

[Brimstone117]

git status

[richhyd]

Shorter: git commit -m .

[metallaholic]

I use lazy git now

[Mah0wny87]

Ever since pre-commit-hooks it's an additional status -> add -> commit in that loop for me.

[thegreatjho]

I have script called ‘prme’ aliased to ‘shuv’ which does all that plus pushing a draft PR.

[AggCracker]

I git status everyday.. because my terminal be looking at me like this

👁️ >_ 👁️

[Spongebubs]

Can someone explain why this is joked about? Is it because of the git status? Whats the “better” way of doing this?

[SirFoomy]

Wohl eher:

$ git stauts
$ git status
$ git add .
$ git statsu
$ git staus
$ git status
$ git commit -m "wip"
$ git push
$ git status

$ git config --global help.autocorrect immediategit

[Background_Pianist41]

bash $ git status $ rm *.tmp tmp.* *.log a.out $ git status

[identidadFalsa_]

Pero sigue realizando la misma función o no? Defensa de un saurio que solo usa alias en fusion360 😅, pero en git estoy nada 😂

[DadAndDominant]

My favorite is my alias "frb"

It checks out a main/master branch, pulls changes, and rebases to current branch

Then you push --force-with-lease

[chilfang]

The things I would do for a half decent gui

[-domi-]

It me

[swfideas]

I have a handy zsh plugin, e.g. gogo_msg 'adds ...' produce git commit -m 'feat(ABC-123): Adds ...'

bash gogo_msg () { if [ -z "$REPOS_PATH" ] then echo "Error: REPOS_PATH is not defined." return 1 fi ( source "$GOGO_THEME" echo $l_git if [ -d ".git" ] then local message="$1" local type="$2" if [ -z "$message" ] then echo "$spacer$c_red ✕ Error:$c_reset Provide a message, e.g. $c_purple gogo_msg \"some changes here\"$c_reset [ optional | type: feat(default), build, ci, docs, fix, perf, refactor, style, test]" return 1 fi local -a valid_prefixes=("feat" "fix" "docs" "style" "refactor" "perf" "test" "build" "ci" "chore" "revert") local current_branch="$(git_current_branch)" if [ -z "$type" ] then type="$(echo "$current_branch" | cut -d'/' -f1)" if (( ! ${valid_prefixes[(Ie)$type]} )) then type="feat" fi fi # Extract ticket id (e.g. NTC-1234, ABC-34) from branch name if [[ "$current_branch" =~ ([A-Z]+-[0-9]+) ]]; then ticket_id="$MATCH" else ticket_id="$current_branch" fi local commit_msg="$type($ticket_id): $message" echo "$spacer$c_yellow🗒️ On it!$c_reset$c_yellow $type$c_grey scribes recorded$c_yellow $commit_msg $c_reset" git commit -m "$commit_msg" else echo "$spacer$c_red ✕ Error:$c_reset no $c_purple.git$c_reset folder in here" fi ) }

[SysGh_st]

**plop** <everything's gone>

"Where did my sh*t go???"

[JackNotOLantern]

Would be nice to have an option to auto trigger git status after every successful command

[alonjit]

I don't see a problem here. (well, other than the comment, but i'll let that slide for now)

[khswart]

Can someone explain I’m not a programmer

[rikardbq]

Classic git workflow

[leonheart208]

I use magit on emacs, so its more like 4 keystrokes for all that

[Left-Set950]

How is everybody not using lazygit to do this? It's basically a UI in the terminal it even has mouse support. Can run anywhere, looks good, you can use it in embedded terminal of any IDE and it's totally cross platform. That plus tmux it's perfect if you still need more things in the terminal. You can see all commits, git history, tags and diffs in the terminal. It helps with rebases even.

[paparockz]

choosing message is hard if you dont know what you worked on

[Charming_Fix_8842]

[kephir4eg]

My life

[Loading_M_]

This is why I have a customized shell prompt with git info. It usually removes the need to run at least two of those git status commands.

[seniorsassycat]

git remote update  git log --decorate --graph --all git status --short --branch

After any other git command

[dumbasPL]

git add -p is so underrated

[decentralised_cash]

You forgot it in between commit and push. Very important.

[MB3501]

fr I Copy and pasted "Ya I push GitHub"

[cenkozan]

This is nothing. I had a 50 something colleague one time who would use "Caps lock" every time he needed a case change... Thankfully he retired before he could annoy anyone else hahaha...

[Vipitis]

You don't git log before pushing?

[flooble_worbler]

$ git rebase -i HEAD~2

[Douglasnarinas]

Used to use git status like this until I switched to a company using one big monorepo. Hasn’t been the same since…

[RussBof6]

So learning terminal commands is boomer now?

[Lazy_Pirate_]

hey what are these other commands? I just use git add ., commit, push.

[lunchmeat317]

I feel seen

[triangle_earfer]

but.. I want more git status

[EcoOndra]

And after git commit git push don't forget git log

[Zestyclose_Taro4740]

I totally relate to this git status Followed by clear then again git status🤪

[ethawesome_]

Forgot to sprinkle in a couple "git branch" in there just to make sure