git-helper

A set of commands that execute common git tasks. (diff-highlight, git-sync-fork)

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diff-highlight

Description:

This perl script should be used in your git configuration.

Example:

Extract of ~/.gitconfig

[diff]
  compactionHeuristic = true
[interactive]
  diffFilter = diff-highlight.pl
[pager]
  diff = diff-highlight.pl | less
  log = diff-highlight.pl | less
  show = diff-highlight.pl | less

git-sync-fork

Synopsis:

git-sync-fork [BRANCH]...

Example:

user@pc:git-project/$ git-sync-fork master gh-pages

Description:

It updates the branches in fork with the branches in the upstream repository.

Assumptions:

• The current directory is the git project.
• The name of the remote for the upstream repository is 'origin'.
• The name of the remote for the forked repository is 'fork'.

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OBS

This software is packaged and distributed using OBS

• Visit its OBS project site here obs#git-helper