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Git checkout next / prev commit

Treat git log as a book, exec git next or git prev to checkout the next or the previous commit.

Please check hutusi/git-paging for updates.

#!/bin/sh
first() {
branch=refs/heads/master
git log --reverse --pretty=%H $branch | head -1 | xargs git checkout
}
first "$@"
#!/bin/sh
last() {
branch=refs/heads/master
git log --pretty=%H $branch | head -1 | xargs git checkout
}
last "$@"
#!/bin/sh
next() {
branch=refs/heads/master
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
n=1
else
n=$1
fi
git log --reverse --pretty=%H $branch | grep -A $n $(git rev-parse HEAD) | tail -1 | xargs git checkout
}
next "$@"
#!/bin/sh
prev() {
branch=refs/heads/master
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
n=1
else
n=$1
fi
git checkout HEAD~$n
}
prev "$@"
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hutusi commented Sep 25, 2020

This is lovely, though I'd prefer if the four scripts came as 744/755 rather than 644. Saves a step when updating that way.

Thanks @Sanaki , I have fixed that.

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hutusi commented Oct 16, 2020

Please check https://github.com/hutusi/git-paging for updates.

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