tj/git-extras
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GIT utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
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This looks loosely like something already present in git-extras[1]. [1]: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/main/Commands.md#git-delete-merged-branches
comment by jldugger · 2026-02-20 · in I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs -
Obligatory mention of https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/main/Commands.md for more/similar commands. Especially useful to me is `git bulk` to apply a command to all the git repos under the directory, and `git ignore "bin/"` to quickly…
comment by kenmacd · 2024-11-03 · in ToolGit: A collection of scripts that extend Git with various sub-commands -
…10 files which were having most of the modifications after they were created and I stumbled upon https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/main/Commands.md Some great extra git command are there.
comment by Dr-NULL · 2024-02-13 · in Git tips and tricks -
https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md "git summary" from git-extras works too
comment by 29athrowaway · 2022-11-06 · in Twitter sources say company reached out to fired people asking them to come back -
…part of git-extras[1] for a while. It doesn't use fancy git magic, so maybe this is better. [1]: https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by jldugger · 2021-06-21 · in Git undo: We can do better -
Calling attention to this which has an undo command and has been very helpful for Git tasks: https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by rglover · 2021-06-21 · in Git undo: We can do better -
…> "a Github CLI tool that allows you to avoid having to go to the UI." -- better yet, git-extras ( https://github.com/tj/git-extras ) provides CLI utils that work across github, gitlab, and bitbucket.
comment by chrisweekly · 2021-04-24 · in Stacked Diffs versus Pull Requests (2018) -
…tech.people-doc.com/merging-the-right-way.html 2: https://tech.people-doc.com/psycho-rebasing.html 3: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/1894f453f6967201117230...
comment by fire · 2021-04-24 · in A Better Model for Stacked Pull Requests -
…problems. The real issue is finding a home. Someone's personal dotfiles aren't really usable, maybe https://github.com/tj/git-extras or some project along those lines.
comment by Mathnerd314 · 2021-04-23 · in How to fuck up software releases (2019) -
…it's just really hard to build a strong foundation on sand. https://github.com/mapmeld/gitjk https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/man/git-undo.md https://github.com/janekr/git-undo
comment by dfabulich · 2021-04-09 · in A look how branches work in Git -
https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md does it pretty well. Everything you've listed is covered there I think.
comment by crucialfelix · 2020-10-12 · in Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go -
…few tools: - hub https://github.com/github/hub - lab https://github.com/zaquestion/lab - git-extras https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by moltar · 2019-07-21 · in The Case Against Pull Requests -
170M for what can essentially be done with https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md ? Wow
comment by fs111 · 2019-05-03 · in Pluralsight will acquire GitPrime for $170M -
In the same vein, git-extras ( https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md ) has many similar metrics within a wider git enhancement suite.
comment by stblack · 2018-12-17 · in Git quick statistics -
It's a pretty useless wrapper over "git reset": https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/bin/git-undo It won't help you if you don't understand what the last command did or when it overwrote local files; it'll just make everything…
comment by jwilk · 2018-08-05 · in Show HN: I made a tool that made me faster at Git -
https://github.com/tj/git-extras provides "git undo" (among others).
comment by lgas · 2018-08-05 · in Show HN: I made a tool that made me faster at Git -
…} && gitcommitdate" There's also a whole boatload of commands in git-extras for those interested: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md
comment by mehrdadn · 2018-08-05 · in Show HN: I made a tool that made me faster at Git -
…show statistics on the git history where you can see the files that are most frequently worked on. https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/bin/git-effort
comment by acdanger · 2017-10-02 · in Interesting Codebases -
Git-extras[0] is also quite nice. [0] https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by herrvogel- · 2017-05-24 · in Little Things I Like to Do with Git -
…on a structure which enables that sort of usage. A really great project with similar utility is https://github.com/tj/git-extras , which I think could provide a good model for refactoring git-quick-stats.
comment by Zikes · 2017-01-16 · in Git-quick-stats – A simple and efficient way to access various statistics -
Nice aliases. Another cool project is git-extras.[1] [1] https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by julionc · 2016-01-29 · in Gittools – perform Git commands in multiple repositories at the same time -
…git log messages from the git history until the last tag and updates the `{History,Changelog}.md`. https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/bin/git-changel...
comment by zimbatm · 2015-03-20 · in Generate Your Changelog From GitHub Issues -
`git summary` from git-extras is great. https://github.com/tj/git-extras
comment by malandrew · 2014-11-01 · in Immutable.js – Immutable Data Collections -
…tool with respect to knowing more about collaborators is git-summary in TJ Holowaychuk's git-extras https://github.com/visionmedia/git-extras#git-summary
comment by malandrew · 2014-04-05 · in Contributing to Open Source on GitHub -
…is excellent for finding solid contributors that are not the maintainer on open-source projects: https://github.com/visionmedia/git-extras
comment by malandrew · 2013-11-02 · in Discovering Senior Developers from Source Code History