Blog Code: Freezing and Thawing Git State

git-freeze

#!/bin/bash

count=0
if git commit -m "WIP [STAGED]" > /dev/null
  then
    let count+=1
fi
git add --all .
if git commit -am "WIP [UNSTAGED]" > /dev/null
  then
    let count+=1
fi
if [ $count -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "nothing committed"
else
    git log -n$count --pretty=format:'%Cgreen%h %Cred%an%Creset: %s'
fi

git-thaw

#!/bin/bash

if git rev-list HEAD -n1 --pretty="format:%s" | tail -n1 | grep "^WIP \[UNSTAGED\]$" > /dev/null
  then
    git reset HEAD^ > /dev/null
fi
if git rev-list HEAD -n1 --pretty="format:%s" | tail -n1 | grep "^WIP \[STAGED\]$" > /dev/null
  then
    git reset --soft HEAD^ > /dev/null
fi
git status --short