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git-fancy

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This gem is a tool to switch between recent branches and add notes to them.
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Git::Fancy

Git fancy is a command line tool that makes switching between git branches faster and easier. It also allows you to annotate branches and quickly match branches based on either part of the branch name or notes.

Git fancy tracks branches by most recently used.

Kapture 2025-05-06 at 02 31 07

Installation

$ gem install git-fancy

Usage

The sb command is an alias for switch-branch. Both commands can be used interchangeably.

To list recently used branches: (sb only tracks recently used branches when you use sb to switch branches)

sb

To switch to a branch when you only have a portion of a branch name:

sb <portion_of_branch_name>

To annotate the current branch you are on:

sb -n "make the logo bigger"

List all of the branches git fancy is tracking:

sb -l

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/git-fancy. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Git::Fancy project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.