Useful GIT Aliases

Git related commands.txt

Delete all local branches no longer on remote
git fetch -p && for branch in `git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}'`; do git branch -D $branch; done

GIT-ALIASES.txt

Useful Aliases

lastcommit	
shows you the last commit made on the current branch	
git lastcommit	
git config --global alias.lastcommit "log --pretty=oneline -n 1 --no-merges"

merge-branch	
Checks out branch, updates that branch. Then checks back out to last branch and merges specified branch in	
git merge-branch <branchname>	
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
merge-branch = !sh -c 'git checkout $1 && git update $1 && git checkout - && git merge $1' -"

create-branch	
creates a branch	
git create-branch <newBranch>	
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
create-branch = "!sh -c 'git branch $1 && git checkout $1 && git push origin $1 && git branch --set-upstream $1 origin/$1' -"

create-branch-from	
creates a branch from another	
git create-branch-from <newBranch> <anotherbranch>	
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
create-branch-from = "!sh -c 'git checkout $2 -b $1 && git checkout $1 && git push origin $1 && git branch --set-upstream $1 origin/$1' -"

delete-tag	
Deletes a tag from local & remote	
git delete-tag <tag>	
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
delete-tag = "!sh -c 'git tag -d $1 && git push origin :refs/tags/$1' -"

delete-branch	
Deletes a branch from local & remote	
git delete-branch <branch>	
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
delete-branch = "!sh -c 'git branch -D $1 && git push origin :$1' -"

merge-to
merges the current branch into the target after making sure target is up to date
open ~/.gitconfig in editor. Add following below [alias] block 
merge-to = "!sh -c 'git checkout $1 && git pull origin $1 && git merge - && git push origin $1 && git checkout - ' -"