My git setup for faster pull-requests

gistfile1.txt

# Hub & GHI (assumes you have homebrew installed)
brew install hub  # https://github.com/github/hub
brew install ghi  # https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi

# You will need env vars like this: EDITOR=vim, GIT_EDITOR=vim

# Aliases
alias gch='git checkout'
alias prune-local-branches='git branch | grep -v master | xargs git branch -d'
alias push-branch='git push origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)'
alias hpr="push-branch && hub pull-request"

# Script: ~/bin/get-branch

    #!/bin/bash

    NAME=$1

    git checkout -b ${NAME} origin/${NAME}
    
# Workflow

1. Ensure my working copy is up to date

gch master; git pull; prune-local-branches  # I don't have an alias for this, but it's always in my history

2. Create a branch

gch -b mybranch

If I'm working on an existing branch, I do `get-branch otherbranch`

3. hack, hack, hack  

# Ensure that the last commit message title & body is suitable as the PR title & body. 
# Usually, I'm raising PRs for very small, simple changes, so there's probably only one commit.

4. Push my branch and raise a PR

hpr

# This pushes the local branch to the remote origin, then raises a PR and opens vim. Usually, I only need to save and exit.