Archived¶ ↑

This repository is not maintained and this tool is no longer really necessary. It has therefore been archived.

Because this gem is barely being maintained anymore. Also, the code is so old that I want to cry every time I look at it :-(

But it still works, I guess…

git_remote_branch is a simple command-line tool that makes it very easy to manipulate branches published in shared repositories.

It achieves this goal by sticking to a few principles:

• keep grb’s commands extremely regular (they all look alike)

• support aliases for commands

• print all commands it runs on your behalf in red, so you eventually learn them

Another nice thing about git_remote_branch is that it can simply explain a command (print out all the corresponding git commands) instead of running them on your behalf.

Note: git_remote_branch assumes that the local and remote branches have the same name. Multiple remote repositories (or origins) are supported.

gem install git_remote_branch

If you use RVM, you may want to automatically install it on all rubies you’ll install in the future:

echo git_remote_branch >> ~/.rvm/gemsets/global.gems

If you’re on Windows, you can optionally install the following gems, to get color output:

gem install windows-pr win32console

If you use zsh with oh-my-zsh, you can have grb auto-completion by using the git-remote-branch plugin.

# ~/.zshrc
plugins=(git git-remote-branch ...)

If you use bash, you can have grb auto-completion by souring ‘etc/grb-completion.bash`

# ~/.bash_profile (after your Ruby has been set, e.g. after the RVM snippet)

grbc=`gem contents git_remote_branch | grep grb-completion.bash` && source $grbc

or copy it to your desired destination and source it.

Notes:

• parts between brackets are optional

• When ‘origin_server’ is not specified, the name ‘origin’ is assumed.

Available commands (with aliases):

$ grb [-h|help]    #=> Displays help

Create a new local branch as well as a corresponding remote branch based on the branch you currently have checked out. Track the new remote branch. Checkout the new branch.

$ grb create branch_name [origin_server]

Publish an existing local branch to the remote server. Set up the local branch to track the new remote branch.

$ grb publish branch_name [origin_server]

Delete the remote branch then delete the local branch. The local branch is not deleted if there are pending changes.

$ grb delete branch_name [origin_server]

Track an existing remote branch locally and checkout the branch.

$ grb track branch_name [origin_server]

Rename a remote branch and its local tracking branch. The branch you want to rename must be checked out.

# On branch to be renamed
$ grb rename new_branch_name [origin_server]

All commands can be prepended by the word ‘explain’. Instead of executing the command, git_remote_branch will simply output the list of commands you need to run to accomplish that goal. Examples:

$ grb explain create
git_remote_branch version 0.3.8

List of operations to do to create a new remote branch and track it locally:

git push origin master:refs/heads/branch_to_create
git fetch origin
git branch --track branch_to_create origin/branch_to_create
git checkout branch_to_create

Explain your specific case:

$ grb explain create my_branch github
git_remote_branch version 0.3.8

List of operations to do to create a new remote branch and track it locally:

git push github master:refs/heads/my_branch
git fetch github
git branch --track my_branch github/my_branch
git checkout my_branch

This, of course, works for each of the grb commands.

• Documentation

• Code

• Bugs

• News at Mathieu Martin’s blog

git_remote_branch in its current form was inspired by a script created by Carl Mercier and made public on his blog: No nonsense GIT, part 1: git-remote-branch

• Mathieu Martin

• Ivan

• Caio Chassot

• Axelson

• Carl Mercier

git_remote_branch is licensed under the MIT License. See the file LICENSE for details.

This version of git_remote_branch has been tested with

• OS X Mountain Lion

• past versions were known to work on Linux and Windows

• Ruby 1.9.3

• git 1.7+

Let me know if you encounter problems running git_remote_branch with your platform.