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Originate/git-town

Originate/git-town

Generic, high-level Git workflow support!

repo name Originate/git-town
repo link https://github.com/Originate/git-town
homepage http://www.git-town.com
language Gherkin
size (curr.) 30054 kB
stars (curr.) 1771
created 2014-05-15
license MIT License

Git Town

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Git Town makes software development teams who use Git even more productive and happy. It adds Git commands that support GitHub Flow, Git Flow, the Nvie model, GitLab Flow, and other workflows more directly, and it allows you to perform many common Git operations faster and easier.

See git-town.com for documentation and this Softpedia article for an independent review.

Commands

Git Town provides these additional Git commands:

Development Workflow

Repository Maintenance

Git Town Configuration

Other Commands

Installation

Since version 4.0, Git Town runs natively on all platforms without any dependencies. Check out our installation instructions for more details.

Aliasing

Each command can be aliased individually to remove the town prefix with:

git config --global alias.hack 'town hack'

Now you can run git hack instead of git town hack. As a convenience, you can add or remove global aliases for all git-town commands with:

git town alias <true | false>

Configuration

Git Town is configured on a per-repository basis. Upon first use in a repository, you will be prompted for the required configuration. Use the git town config command to view or update your configuration at any time.

Required configuration

Optional Configuration

The following configuration options have defaults, so the configuration wizard does not ask about them.

  • the pull branch strategy

    • how to sync the main branch / perennial branches with their upstream
    • default: rebase
    • possible values: merge, rebase
  • the new branch push flag

    • whether or not branches created by hack / append / prepend should be pushed to remote repo
    • default: false
    • possible values: true, false

Documentation

In addition to the online documentation here, you can run git town on the command line for an overview of the Git Town commands, or git help <command> (e.g. git help sync) for help with an individual command.

Contributing

Found a bug or have an idea for a new feature? Open an issue or - even better - get down, go to town, and fire a feature-tested pull request our way! Check out our contributing guide to start coding.

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