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fzf is super useful for navigating and switching git branches I realised today [1]

    function gbll(){
    local tags branches target
    branches=$(
      git --no-pager branch --sort=-committerdate \
        --format="%(if)%(HEAD)%(then)%(else)%(if:equals=HEAD)%(refname:strip=3)%(then)%(else)%1B[0;34;1mbranch%09%1B[m%(refname:short)%(end)%(end)" \
      | sed '/^$/d') || return
    tags=$(
      git --no-pager tag | awk '{print "\x1b[35;1mtag\x1b[m\t" $1}') || return
    target=$(
      (echo "$branches"; echo "$tags") |
      fzf --no-hscroll --no-multi -n 2 \
          --ansi --preview="git --no-pager log -150 --pretty=format:%s '..{2}'") || return
    git checkout $(awk '{print $2}' <<<"$target" )
    }

[1]https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/Examples#git


Agree I use fzf extensively in my git aliases:

https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/.config/git/co...

Perfect example: my "cherry pick" alias:

    cp = !git pick-branch | xargs git pick-commits | tac | xargs -t git cherry-pick
Those "pick-" aliases pop up fzf to let me choose a branch, then commits to cherry pick. No more copying hashes anywhere.

Similarly, my alias for git add lets me fzf-select a list of files to stage based on what "git status" reports.





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