extra-git/man/magic.txt

Common utility commands for Git repositories.

git-magic(1) -- Automate add/commit/push routines

SYNOPSIS

git-magic [-a] [-m ] [-e] [-p] [-f]

DESCRIPTION

Produces summary of changes for commit message from git status --porcelain output.
Commits staged changes with the generated commit message and
opens editor to modify generated commit message optionally.
Also staging and pushing can be automated optinally.

OPTIONS

-a

Adds everything including untracked files.

-m

Use the given  as the commit message. If multiple -m options are given, their values are concatenated as separate paragraphs.
Passed to git commit command. The generated is appended to user-given messages.

-e

This option lets you further edit the generated message.
Passed to git commit command.

-p

Runs git push after commit.

-f

Adds -f option to git push command.

-h

Prints synopsis.

EXAMPLES

This example stages all changes then commits with automatic commit message.

$ git magic -a
[feature/magic dc2a11e] A  man/git-magic.md
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 man/git-auto.md
git log
Author: overengineer
Date:   Thu Sep 30 20:14:22 2021 +0300

    M  man/git-magic.md

-m option PREPENDS generated message.

$ git magic -am "Added documentation for git magic"
[feature/magic dc2a11e] Added documentation for git magic
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 A man/git-auto.md
$ git log
Author: overengineer
Date:   Thu Sep 30 20:14:22 2021 +0300

    Added documentation for git magic

    M  man/git-magic.md

AUTHOR

Written by Alper S. Soylu

REPORTING BUGS

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