git-etch-branch
Tool that I use to store descriptions of branches. Sometimes, if you're working on a lot of branches at a given time and tend to forget about them, it's useful to be able to store a description for each branch. A description that's longer than the branch name.
Installing
This is a single Python script. Throw it somewhere on $PATH.
Usage
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Etch a description into a branch:
git etch-branch etch <branch> <description>
I like to Git alias this to
git ebe <branch> <description> -
Describe branches:
git etch-branch describe
I like to Git alias this to
git ebd -
Clear branch description:
git etch-branch clear <branch>
I like to Git alias this to
git ebc <branch>
Completions
A completion script is available in shell/completion that can be used with
zsh to provide autocompletion.
Download the shell/completion/git-etch-branch.zsh script and source it in
your ~/.zshrc.