Git::Switcher
Visual CLI and REPL for easily switching between git tags and branches
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'git-switcher'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install git-switcher
Usage
cd
into your favourite git repo, and run git switcher
It will present you with a couple of submenus, one each for:
- all remote branches
- all local branches
- all reachable tags
(unless any of them are empty, in which case the corresponding submenu is omitted)
REMOTE BRANCHES
[1] origin/aaaaaa
[2] origin/bbbbbbb
[3] origin/cccccccc
[4] origin/ddddd
[5] origin/eeeeeee
[6] origin/master ***
[7] origin/ffffff
[8] origin/gggggggggg
[9] origin/pvandenb
[10] origin/hhhh
LOCAL BRANCHES
[11] master ***
[12] pvandenb
REACHABLE TAGS
[a] kernel_open_gets
[b] file_open_each
[c] file_foreach
[d] regexp_compile_match
[e] named_capture_group
[f] use_args_gets
[g] last_read_line
[h] ruby_minus_n
[i] ruby_minus_p
Your selection > _
If the current git HEAD
corresponds to any of the listed branches or tags, then the corresponding menu items are highlighted with ***
Each menu item is prefixed with a shortcut key, either a number (for branches) or else a letter (for tags).
It will next prompt you for your selection as follows:
Your selection > _
Enter one of the shortcut keys to quickly do a git checkout
of the corresponding branch or tag.
It will then redraw the menu, so that the selected branch or tag is now highlighted, and so that the list of reachable tags is updated correspondingly.
git switcher
will keep looping as described above, until you enter quit
or else interrupt the script with either ^D
or ^C
.
Default selection
To make it easy and convenient to sequentially loop through all branches or tags, git switcher
will remember your previous selection, and offer the next menu item as the default.
For example, if you previously selected 11
to switch to the local master
branch, then the next prompt presented by git switcher
will be:
([12] pvandenb) > _
To quickly switch to the pvandenb
branch, just press enter
(without having to enter the corresponding shortcut key).
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake test
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/pvdb/git-switcher. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.