zk-phi/git-context-switch

context switch for git

git-context-switch

git-context-switch is a context switch for git

git-context-switch makes git able to manage multiple branch-lists and stash-lits (called "context").

Demo

Dependencies

Emacs (>=24), as an interpreter.

Installation

Make git-context-switch.el executable visible from PATH

cp git-context-switch.el /usr/local/bin/git-context-switch
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-context-switch

and (optionally) add an alias to ~/.gitconfig.

[alias]
context = "!f() { git-context-switch $*; }; f"

Usage

git-context-switch have following subcommands:

• git context ... Show current context name
• git context list ... Show list of all all contextsx.
• git context create <name> ... Create new context.
• git context delete <name> ... Delete context.
• git context switch <name> ... Switch to context.
• git context show <name> ... Show list of branches.
• git context mv <branch> <context> ... Move branch to context.
• git context cp <branch> <context> ... Copy branch to context.

mv and cp commands accept following arguments in addition:

• mv foo-context:foo-branch bar-context ... Specify context to move (copy) branch from
• mv foo-branch bar-context:foofoo-branch ... Specify branch name to move (copy) to

git-context-switch's Issues

`git checkout` when switching context

Updating HEAD when switching context, is done by just copying refs/contexts/<name>/HEAD to HEAD, workdir is not updated and marked dirty.

We should use git checkout when switching context.

command to move branches / stashes to another context

like git context move foo foo-context, git context move stash@{1} foo-context.

command to list other contexts' branches

like git context show foo-context

'ignoring broken ref' warning while completing branch names with zsh git plugin

refs/contexts/<context>/HEAD literally points a ref like refs/heads/<branch>, but it actually points refs/contexts/<context>/heads/<branch>.
We may should manage symbolic refs inside git-context-switch (while reflogs are still kept under the .git directory).