sirithink / gitsh

An interactive shell for git

The gitsh program is an interactive shell for git. From within gitsh you can issue any git command, even using your local aliases and configuration.

Why should you use gitsh?

• Git commands tend to come in groups. Avoid typing git over and over and over by running them in a dedicated git shell:

    sh$ gitsh
    gitsh% status
    gitsh% add .
    gitsh% commit -m "Ship it!"
    gitsh% push
    gitsh% :exit
    sh$
  

• Hit return with no command to run git status, saving even more typing:

    gitsh% ⏎
    # On branch master
    nothing to commit, working directory clean
    gitsh% 
  

• Make temporary modifications to your git configuration with gitsh config variables. These changes only effect git commands issues in this gitsh session and are forgotten when you exit, just like shell environment variables.

    gitsh% :set user.name 'George Brocklehurst and Mike Burns'
    gitsh% :set user.email [e-mail]
    gitsh% commit -m 'We are pair programming'
  

• Tab completion for git commands, aliases, and branches without modifying your shell settings, and without any extra setup for aliases and third party git commands.

• Information about the state of your git repository in the prompt, without modifying your shell settings. This includes the name of the current HEAD, and a colour and sigil to indicate the status.

• It works with hub:

    sh$ gitsh --git $(which hub)
    gitsh% pull-request
  

Installing gitsh

• On Mac OS X, via homebrew:

    brew tap thoughtbot/formulae
    brew install gitsh
  

• On Arch Linux: https://github.com/thoughtbot/gitsh/blob/master/arch/PKGBUILD

• On other operating systems:

    curl -O http://thoughtbot.github.io/gitsh/gitsh-0.3.tar.gz
    tar -zxf gitsh-0.3.tar.gz
    cd gitsh-0.3
    ./configure
    make
    make install
  

Contributing to gitsh

Pull requests are very welcome. See the contributing guide for more details.

License

gitsh is Copyright © 2014 Mike Burns, George Brocklehurst, and thoughtbot. It is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.