Git

Let’s face it, writing commit messages is tedious work. I’ve been using LLMs to write my commit messages for a while now. But until now, I used to copy the diffs manually and paste it into some chat window and ask the LLM to write a commit message. I’ve been trying various CLI tools viz. OpenAI’s Codex CLI, Google’s Gemini CLI, etc. But codex lacks piping support and Gemini CLI cannot be used with internal codebases! I can use GitHub Copilot extension in VS Code with internal codebases, but I wanted a CLI tool that I can use in my terminal. GitHub Copilot is now free for all GitHub users, so this is useful for everyone. ...

Contents Introduction Bash Aliases Configuration Installation Global Git Configuration Configuration Installation Repository Specific Git Settings Configuration Installation Bash Git Prompt Configuration Installation Git Push PR Reviews Configuration Installation Demo Conclusion Introduction Git is a day to day tool for version control. It has become a de facto method of source code versioning, it has become ubiquitous with development and its an essential skill for a programmer. I use it all the time. ...

Notes about using git. Tips and tricks Switch branches $ git checkout <branch> status $ git status -sb Show status in short format and also give branch info show $ git show Shows log message and diff about the commit you are on. log $ git log -L 70,100:pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go Get logs on file between line numbers. $ git log --graph --abbrev-commit Show graph in logs. commit $ git add -p Commit only parts of file. Interactively choose chunks of patch. ...