bionic (1) legit.1.gz

NAME

       Legit: Git for Humans -

       Inspired by GitHub for Mac.

THE CONCEPT

       GitHub for Mac is not just a Git client.

       This comment on Hacker News says it best:
          They  haven't  re-created  the  git  CLI  tool  in a GUI, they've created something different. They've
          created a tool that makes Git more accessible.  Little  things  like  auto-stashing  when  you  switch
          branches  will confuse git veterans, but it will make Git much easier to grok for newcomers because of
          the assumptions it makes about your Git workflow.

       Why not bring this innovation back to the command line?

THE INTERFACE

       branches
              Get a nice pretty list of available branches.

       sync [<branch>]
              Synchronizes the given branch. Defaults to current branch.  Stash, Fetch, Auto-Merge/Rebase, Push,
              and Unstash.  You can only sync published branches. (alias: sy)

       resync <upstream-branch>
              Stashes unstaged changes, Fetches, Auto-Merge/Rebase upstream data from specified upstream branch,
              Performs smart pull+merge for current branch, Pushes local  commits  up,  and  Unstashes  changes.
              Default upstream branch is 'master'. (alias: rs)

       switch <branch>
              Switches  to  specified  branch.  Defaults to current branch.  Automatically stashes and unstashes
              any changes. (alias: sw)

       publish [<branch>]
              Publishes specified branch to the remote. (alias: pub)

       unpublish <branch>
              Removes specified branch from the remote. (alias: unp)

       undo   Un-does the last commit in git history.

       install
              Installs legit git aliases.

       help   Displays help for legit command. (alias: h)

THE INSTALLATION

       [image: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/legit.svg]

       From PyPI with the Python package manager:

          pip install legit

       Or download a standalone Windows executable from GitHub Releases.

       You'll then have the wonderful legit command available. Run it within a repository.

       To install the git aliases, run the following command:

          legit install

CAVEATS

       • All remote operations are carried out by the remote identified in $ git config legit.remote remotename

       • If a stash pop merge fails, Legit stops. I'd like to add checking for a  failed  merge,  and  undo  the
         command with friendly error reporting.