Naming git branches is something most of us have down to a science. My branch naming pattern is usually {issue number}-short-feature-description, though many developers prefer to lead with the description and end with the issue.
Regardless of the pattern you use, having a feature like autocomplete can save you a lot of time typing or copy/pasting. Here's how you can implement autocomplete for git branches!
Start by downloading the git-completion.sh file from GitHub:
Next, add the following to your ~/.bash_profile file:
if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then
. ~/.git-completion.bash
fi
The last step is restarting your terminal. Voila! Now you can type git checkout {search-string} and press tab to select the lone branch that matches or hit tab again to see all matches!
Autocomplete for git makes navigating all of my branches much faster!
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Discussion
JONATHAN DOS SANTOS
this needs to find it’s way into official distribuition!
Andras Somi
If you use zsh + oh-my-zsh, you can get the same effect with the git plugin.
Djibril
Can probably run source ~/.bash_profile if you don’t want to restart your terminal
this needs to find it’s way into official distribuition!
If you use zsh + oh-my-zsh, you can get the same effect with the git plugin.
Can probably run
source ~/.bash_profileif you don’t want to restart your terminal