%global _empty_manifest_terminate_build 0 Name: python-git-machete Version: 3.17.4 Release: 1 Summary: Probably the sharpest git repository organizer & rebase/merge workflow automation tool you've ever seen License: MIT URL: https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete Source0: https://mirrors.nju.edu.cn/pypi/web/packages/cf/f0/54e2a7475144ac4ac5541a58fd1349be5038e5c5ef9105624cfad72c389b/git-machete-3.17.4.tar.gz BuildArch: noarch %description # git-machete [![homebrew formula](https://img.shields.io/homebrew/v/git-machete)](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-machete) [![PyPI package](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/git-machete.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/git-machete) [![PyPI package monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/git-machete.svg)](https://pypistats.org/packages/git-machete) [![Conda package](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Conda downloads](https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Snap](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete)
[![Read the Docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/git-machete/badge/?version=latest)](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/github/license/VirtusLab/git-machete)](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/blob/master/LICENSE) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/VirtusLab/git-machete?branch=master) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete) [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/) 💪 git-machete is a robust tool that **simplifies your git workflows**.
🦅 The _bird's eye view_ provided by git-machete makes **merges/rebases/push/pulls hassle-free** even when **multiple branches** are present in the repository (master/develop, your topic branches, teammate's branches checked out for review, etc.).
🎯 Using this tool, you can maintain **small, focused, easy-to-review pull requests** with little effort. 👁 A look at a `git machete status` gives an instant answer to the questions: * What branches are in this repository? * What is going to be merged (rebased/pushed/pulled) and to what? 🚜 `git machete traverse` semi-automatically traverses the branches, helping you effortlessly rebase, merge, push and pull. [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/)

git machete discover, status and traverse

🔌 See also [VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) — a port into a plugin for the IntelliJ Platform products, including PyCharm, WebStorm etc. ## Install We provide a couple of alternative ways of installation. **Instructions for installing bash, zsh, and fish completion scripts are provided in [completion/README.md](completion/README.md).** git-machete requires Python >= 3.6. Python 2.x is no longer supported. ### Using Homebrew (macOS & most Linux distributions) ```shell script brew install git-machete ``` ### Using snap (most Linux distributions) **Tip:** check the [guide on installing snapd](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd) if you don't have Snap support set up yet in your system. ```shell script sudo snap install --classic git-machete ``` It can also be installed via Ubuntu Software (simply search for `git-machete`). **Note:** classic confinement is necessary to ensure access to the editor installed in the system (to edit e.g. .git/machete file or rebase TODO list). ### Using apt-get via PPA (Ubuntu) **Tip:** run `sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common` first if `add-apt-repository` is not available on your system. ```shell script sudo add-apt-repository ppa:virtuslab/git-machete sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y python3-git-machete ``` ### Using rpm (Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/openSUSE...) Download the rpm package from the [latest release](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/releases/latest) and install either by opening it in your desktop environment or with `rpm -i git-machete-*.noarch.rpm`. ### Using Alpine, Arch, Gentoo & other Linux distro-specific package managers Check [Repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the available distro-specific packages. ### Using Nix (macOS & most Linux distributions) On macOS and most Linux distributions, you can install via [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix): ```shell script nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable unstable # if you haven't set up any channels yet nix-env -i git-machete ``` **Note:** since `nixos-21.05`, `git-machete` is included in the stable channels as well. The latest released version, however, is generally available in the unstable channel. Stable channels may lag behind; see [repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the current channel-package mapping. ### Using pip with sudo (system-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script sudo -H pip install git-machete ``` **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using pip without sudo (user-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script pip install --user git-machete ``` Please verify that your `PATH` variable has `${HOME}/.local/bin/` included. **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using conda ```shell script conda install -c conda-forge git-machete ```
## Quick start ### Discover the branch layout ```shell script cd your-repo/ git machete discover ``` See and possibly edit the suggested layout of branches. Branch layout is always kept as a `.git/machete` text file, which can be edited directly or via `git machete edit`. ### See the current repository state ```shell script git machete status --list-commits ``` **Green** edge means the given branch is **in sync** with its parent.
**Red** edge means it is **out of sync** — parent has some commits that the given branch does not have.
**Gray** edge means that the branch is **merged** to its parent. ### Rebase, reset to remote, push, pull all branches as needed ```shell script git machete traverse --fetch --start-from=first-root ``` Put each branch one by one in sync with its parent and remote tracking branch. ### Fast-forward merge a child branch into the current branch ```shell script git machete advance ``` Useful for merging the child branch to the current branch in a linear fashion (without creating a merge commit). ### GitHub integration Check out the given PRs into local branches, also traverse chain of pull requests upwards, adding branches one by one to git-machete and check them out locally as well:
```shell script git machete github checkout-prs [--all | --by= | --mine | ... ] ``` Create the PR, using the upstream (parent) branch from `.git/machete` as the base:
```shell script git machete github create-pr [--draft] ``` **Note**: for private repositories, a GitHub API token with `repo` access is required. This will be resolved from the first of: 1. `GITHUB_TOKEN` env var. 2. Contents of the `.github-token` file in the home directory (`~`). This file has to be manually created by the user. 3. Auth token from the current [`gh`](https://cli.github.com/) configuration. 4. Auth token from the current [`hub`](https://github.com/github/hub) configuration.
## FAQ #### I've run `git machete discover`... but the branch layout I see in `.git/machete` doesn't exactly match what I expected. Am I doing something wrong? [//]: # (For how to find Medium header anchors, see https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-link-to-a-specific-paragraph-in-your-medium-article-2018-table-of-contents-method-e66595fea549/) No! It's all right, `discover` is based on an (imperfect) [heuristic](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0#0544) which usually yields branch layout close to what the user would expect. It still might not be perfect and — for example — declare branches to be children of `main`/`develop` instead of each other. Just run [`git machete edit`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#edit) to fix the layout manually. If you're working on JetBrains IDEs, you can use [git-machete IntelliJ plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) to have branch name completion when editing `.git/machete` file. Also, consider [`git machete github checkout-prs`](#github-integration) instead of `git machete discover` if you already have GitHub PRs opened.
#### Can I use `git merge` for dealing with stacked PRs? There are two commonly used ways to put a branch back in sync with its base (parent) branch: 1. rebase the branch onto its base branch 2. merge the base branch into the branch While git-machete supports merging base branch (like `main`) to update the branch ([`git machete traverse --merge`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#traverse)), this approach **works poorly with stacked PRs**. You might end up with a very tangled history very quickly, and a non-trivial sequence of `git cherry-pick`s might be needed to restore order. That is why we recommend using rebase over merge for stacked PRs. However, we still recommend using merge for the narrow case of [backporting hotfixes](https://slides.com/plipski/git-machete/#/11).
#### Sometimes when I run `update` or `traverse`, too many commits are taken into the rebase... how to fix that? Contrary to the popular misconception, git doesn't have a notion of ["commits belonging to a branch"](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell). A branch is just a movable reference to a commit. This makes it hard in general case to determine the range of commits that form the "unique history" of the given branch. There's an entire algorithm in git-machete for determining the [_fork point_](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02#1ac9) of the branch (i.e. the place after which the unique history of the branch starts). One thing that you can do to help fork-point algorithm in its job, is to **not delete** local branches instantly after they're merged or discarded. They (or specifically, their [reflogs](https://virtuslab.github.io/tips/#git/git-reflog)) will be still useful for a while to determine fork points for other branches (and thus, the range of commits taken into rebase). Also, you can always override fork point for a branch explicitly with [`git machete fork-point --override-to...`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/#fork-point) command.
## Reference Find the docs at [Read the Docs](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/). You can also check `git machete help` and `git machete help `. For the excellent overview for the reasons to use small & stacked PRs, see [Ben Congdon](https://github.com/bcongdon)'s [blog post](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2022/07/17/In-Praise-of-Stacked-PRs/). Take a look at git-machete [reference blog post](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02) for a guide on how to use the tool. The more advanced features like automated traversal, upstream inference and tree discovery are described in the [second part of the series](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0).
## Git compatibility git-machete (since version 2.13.0) is compatible with git >= 1.8.0.
## Contributions Contributions are welcome! See [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Help would be especially appreciated with Python code style, refactoring and tests — so far more focus has been put on features, documentation and automating the distribution. %package -n python3-git-machete Summary: Probably the sharpest git repository organizer & rebase/merge workflow automation tool you've ever seen Provides: python-git-machete BuildRequires: python3-devel BuildRequires: python3-setuptools BuildRequires: python3-pip %description -n python3-git-machete # git-machete [![homebrew formula](https://img.shields.io/homebrew/v/git-machete)](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-machete) [![PyPI package](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/git-machete.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/git-machete) [![PyPI package monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/git-machete.svg)](https://pypistats.org/packages/git-machete) [![Conda package](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Conda downloads](https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Snap](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete)
[![Read the Docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/git-machete/badge/?version=latest)](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/github/license/VirtusLab/git-machete)](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/blob/master/LICENSE) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/VirtusLab/git-machete?branch=master) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete) [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/) 💪 git-machete is a robust tool that **simplifies your git workflows**.
🦅 The _bird's eye view_ provided by git-machete makes **merges/rebases/push/pulls hassle-free** even when **multiple branches** are present in the repository (master/develop, your topic branches, teammate's branches checked out for review, etc.).
🎯 Using this tool, you can maintain **small, focused, easy-to-review pull requests** with little effort. 👁 A look at a `git machete status` gives an instant answer to the questions: * What branches are in this repository? * What is going to be merged (rebased/pushed/pulled) and to what? 🚜 `git machete traverse` semi-automatically traverses the branches, helping you effortlessly rebase, merge, push and pull. [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/)

git machete discover, status and traverse

🔌 See also [VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) — a port into a plugin for the IntelliJ Platform products, including PyCharm, WebStorm etc. ## Install We provide a couple of alternative ways of installation. **Instructions for installing bash, zsh, and fish completion scripts are provided in [completion/README.md](completion/README.md).** git-machete requires Python >= 3.6. Python 2.x is no longer supported. ### Using Homebrew (macOS & most Linux distributions) ```shell script brew install git-machete ``` ### Using snap (most Linux distributions) **Tip:** check the [guide on installing snapd](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd) if you don't have Snap support set up yet in your system. ```shell script sudo snap install --classic git-machete ``` It can also be installed via Ubuntu Software (simply search for `git-machete`). **Note:** classic confinement is necessary to ensure access to the editor installed in the system (to edit e.g. .git/machete file or rebase TODO list). ### Using apt-get via PPA (Ubuntu) **Tip:** run `sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common` first if `add-apt-repository` is not available on your system. ```shell script sudo add-apt-repository ppa:virtuslab/git-machete sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y python3-git-machete ``` ### Using rpm (Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/openSUSE...) Download the rpm package from the [latest release](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/releases/latest) and install either by opening it in your desktop environment or with `rpm -i git-machete-*.noarch.rpm`. ### Using Alpine, Arch, Gentoo & other Linux distro-specific package managers Check [Repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the available distro-specific packages. ### Using Nix (macOS & most Linux distributions) On macOS and most Linux distributions, you can install via [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix): ```shell script nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable unstable # if you haven't set up any channels yet nix-env -i git-machete ``` **Note:** since `nixos-21.05`, `git-machete` is included in the stable channels as well. The latest released version, however, is generally available in the unstable channel. Stable channels may lag behind; see [repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the current channel-package mapping. ### Using pip with sudo (system-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script sudo -H pip install git-machete ``` **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using pip without sudo (user-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script pip install --user git-machete ``` Please verify that your `PATH` variable has `${HOME}/.local/bin/` included. **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using conda ```shell script conda install -c conda-forge git-machete ```
## Quick start ### Discover the branch layout ```shell script cd your-repo/ git machete discover ``` See and possibly edit the suggested layout of branches. Branch layout is always kept as a `.git/machete` text file, which can be edited directly or via `git machete edit`. ### See the current repository state ```shell script git machete status --list-commits ``` **Green** edge means the given branch is **in sync** with its parent.
**Red** edge means it is **out of sync** — parent has some commits that the given branch does not have.
**Gray** edge means that the branch is **merged** to its parent. ### Rebase, reset to remote, push, pull all branches as needed ```shell script git machete traverse --fetch --start-from=first-root ``` Put each branch one by one in sync with its parent and remote tracking branch. ### Fast-forward merge a child branch into the current branch ```shell script git machete advance ``` Useful for merging the child branch to the current branch in a linear fashion (without creating a merge commit). ### GitHub integration Check out the given PRs into local branches, also traverse chain of pull requests upwards, adding branches one by one to git-machete and check them out locally as well:
```shell script git machete github checkout-prs [--all | --by= | --mine | ... ] ``` Create the PR, using the upstream (parent) branch from `.git/machete` as the base:
```shell script git machete github create-pr [--draft] ``` **Note**: for private repositories, a GitHub API token with `repo` access is required. This will be resolved from the first of: 1. `GITHUB_TOKEN` env var. 2. Contents of the `.github-token` file in the home directory (`~`). This file has to be manually created by the user. 3. Auth token from the current [`gh`](https://cli.github.com/) configuration. 4. Auth token from the current [`hub`](https://github.com/github/hub) configuration.
## FAQ #### I've run `git machete discover`... but the branch layout I see in `.git/machete` doesn't exactly match what I expected. Am I doing something wrong? [//]: # (For how to find Medium header anchors, see https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-link-to-a-specific-paragraph-in-your-medium-article-2018-table-of-contents-method-e66595fea549/) No! It's all right, `discover` is based on an (imperfect) [heuristic](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0#0544) which usually yields branch layout close to what the user would expect. It still might not be perfect and — for example — declare branches to be children of `main`/`develop` instead of each other. Just run [`git machete edit`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#edit) to fix the layout manually. If you're working on JetBrains IDEs, you can use [git-machete IntelliJ plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) to have branch name completion when editing `.git/machete` file. Also, consider [`git machete github checkout-prs`](#github-integration) instead of `git machete discover` if you already have GitHub PRs opened.
#### Can I use `git merge` for dealing with stacked PRs? There are two commonly used ways to put a branch back in sync with its base (parent) branch: 1. rebase the branch onto its base branch 2. merge the base branch into the branch While git-machete supports merging base branch (like `main`) to update the branch ([`git machete traverse --merge`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#traverse)), this approach **works poorly with stacked PRs**. You might end up with a very tangled history very quickly, and a non-trivial sequence of `git cherry-pick`s might be needed to restore order. That is why we recommend using rebase over merge for stacked PRs. However, we still recommend using merge for the narrow case of [backporting hotfixes](https://slides.com/plipski/git-machete/#/11).
#### Sometimes when I run `update` or `traverse`, too many commits are taken into the rebase... how to fix that? Contrary to the popular misconception, git doesn't have a notion of ["commits belonging to a branch"](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell). A branch is just a movable reference to a commit. This makes it hard in general case to determine the range of commits that form the "unique history" of the given branch. There's an entire algorithm in git-machete for determining the [_fork point_](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02#1ac9) of the branch (i.e. the place after which the unique history of the branch starts). One thing that you can do to help fork-point algorithm in its job, is to **not delete** local branches instantly after they're merged or discarded. They (or specifically, their [reflogs](https://virtuslab.github.io/tips/#git/git-reflog)) will be still useful for a while to determine fork points for other branches (and thus, the range of commits taken into rebase). Also, you can always override fork point for a branch explicitly with [`git machete fork-point --override-to...`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/#fork-point) command.
## Reference Find the docs at [Read the Docs](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/). You can also check `git machete help` and `git machete help `. For the excellent overview for the reasons to use small & stacked PRs, see [Ben Congdon](https://github.com/bcongdon)'s [blog post](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2022/07/17/In-Praise-of-Stacked-PRs/). Take a look at git-machete [reference blog post](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02) for a guide on how to use the tool. The more advanced features like automated traversal, upstream inference and tree discovery are described in the [second part of the series](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0).
## Git compatibility git-machete (since version 2.13.0) is compatible with git >= 1.8.0.
## Contributions Contributions are welcome! See [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Help would be especially appreciated with Python code style, refactoring and tests — so far more focus has been put on features, documentation and automating the distribution. %package help Summary: Development documents and examples for git-machete Provides: python3-git-machete-doc %description help # git-machete [![homebrew formula](https://img.shields.io/homebrew/v/git-machete)](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-machete) [![PyPI package](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/git-machete.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/git-machete) [![PyPI package monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/git-machete.svg)](https://pypistats.org/packages/git-machete) [![Conda package](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Conda downloads](https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/git-machete.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git-machete) [![Snap](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/git-machete)
[![Read the Docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/git-machete/badge/?version=latest)](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/github/license/VirtusLab/git-machete)](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/blob/master/LICENSE) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/VirtusLab/git-machete?branch=master) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/VirtusLab/git-machete) [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/) 💪 git-machete is a robust tool that **simplifies your git workflows**.
🦅 The _bird's eye view_ provided by git-machete makes **merges/rebases/push/pulls hassle-free** even when **multiple branches** are present in the repository (master/develop, your topic branches, teammate's branches checked out for review, etc.).
🎯 Using this tool, you can maintain **small, focused, easy-to-review pull requests** with little effort. 👁 A look at a `git machete status` gives an instant answer to the questions: * What branches are in this repository? * What is going to be merged (rebased/pushed/pulled) and to what? 🚜 `git machete traverse` semi-automatically traverses the branches, helping you effortlessly rebase, merge, push and pull. [//]: # (The image is referenced by its full URL to ensure it renders correctly on https://pypi.org/project/git-machete/)

git machete discover, status and traverse

🔌 See also [VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) — a port into a plugin for the IntelliJ Platform products, including PyCharm, WebStorm etc. ## Install We provide a couple of alternative ways of installation. **Instructions for installing bash, zsh, and fish completion scripts are provided in [completion/README.md](completion/README.md).** git-machete requires Python >= 3.6. Python 2.x is no longer supported. ### Using Homebrew (macOS & most Linux distributions) ```shell script brew install git-machete ``` ### Using snap (most Linux distributions) **Tip:** check the [guide on installing snapd](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd) if you don't have Snap support set up yet in your system. ```shell script sudo snap install --classic git-machete ``` It can also be installed via Ubuntu Software (simply search for `git-machete`). **Note:** classic confinement is necessary to ensure access to the editor installed in the system (to edit e.g. .git/machete file or rebase TODO list). ### Using apt-get via PPA (Ubuntu) **Tip:** run `sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common` first if `add-apt-repository` is not available on your system. ```shell script sudo add-apt-repository ppa:virtuslab/git-machete sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y python3-git-machete ``` ### Using rpm (Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/openSUSE...) Download the rpm package from the [latest release](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete/releases/latest) and install either by opening it in your desktop environment or with `rpm -i git-machete-*.noarch.rpm`. ### Using Alpine, Arch, Gentoo & other Linux distro-specific package managers Check [Repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the available distro-specific packages. ### Using Nix (macOS & most Linux distributions) On macOS and most Linux distributions, you can install via [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix): ```shell script nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable unstable # if you haven't set up any channels yet nix-env -i git-machete ``` **Note:** since `nixos-21.05`, `git-machete` is included in the stable channels as well. The latest released version, however, is generally available in the unstable channel. Stable channels may lag behind; see [repology](https://repology.org/project/git-machete/versions) for the current channel-package mapping. ### Using pip with sudo (system-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script sudo -H pip install git-machete ``` **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using pip without sudo (user-wide install) You need to have Python and `pip` installed from system packages. ```shell script pip install --user git-machete ``` Please verify that your `PATH` variable has `${HOME}/.local/bin/` included. **Tip:** pass an extra `-U` flag to `pip install` to upgrade an already installed version. ### Using conda ```shell script conda install -c conda-forge git-machete ```
## Quick start ### Discover the branch layout ```shell script cd your-repo/ git machete discover ``` See and possibly edit the suggested layout of branches. Branch layout is always kept as a `.git/machete` text file, which can be edited directly or via `git machete edit`. ### See the current repository state ```shell script git machete status --list-commits ``` **Green** edge means the given branch is **in sync** with its parent.
**Red** edge means it is **out of sync** — parent has some commits that the given branch does not have.
**Gray** edge means that the branch is **merged** to its parent. ### Rebase, reset to remote, push, pull all branches as needed ```shell script git machete traverse --fetch --start-from=first-root ``` Put each branch one by one in sync with its parent and remote tracking branch. ### Fast-forward merge a child branch into the current branch ```shell script git machete advance ``` Useful for merging the child branch to the current branch in a linear fashion (without creating a merge commit). ### GitHub integration Check out the given PRs into local branches, also traverse chain of pull requests upwards, adding branches one by one to git-machete and check them out locally as well:
```shell script git machete github checkout-prs [--all | --by= | --mine | ... ] ``` Create the PR, using the upstream (parent) branch from `.git/machete` as the base:
```shell script git machete github create-pr [--draft] ``` **Note**: for private repositories, a GitHub API token with `repo` access is required. This will be resolved from the first of: 1. `GITHUB_TOKEN` env var. 2. Contents of the `.github-token` file in the home directory (`~`). This file has to be manually created by the user. 3. Auth token from the current [`gh`](https://cli.github.com/) configuration. 4. Auth token from the current [`hub`](https://github.com/github/hub) configuration.
## FAQ #### I've run `git machete discover`... but the branch layout I see in `.git/machete` doesn't exactly match what I expected. Am I doing something wrong? [//]: # (For how to find Medium header anchors, see https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-link-to-a-specific-paragraph-in-your-medium-article-2018-table-of-contents-method-e66595fea549/) No! It's all right, `discover` is based on an (imperfect) [heuristic](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0#0544) which usually yields branch layout close to what the user would expect. It still might not be perfect and — for example — declare branches to be children of `main`/`develop` instead of each other. Just run [`git machete edit`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#edit) to fix the layout manually. If you're working on JetBrains IDEs, you can use [git-machete IntelliJ plugin](https://github.com/VirtusLab/git-machete-intellij-plugin#git-machete-intellij-plugin) to have branch name completion when editing `.git/machete` file. Also, consider [`git machete github checkout-prs`](#github-integration) instead of `git machete discover` if you already have GitHub PRs opened.
#### Can I use `git merge` for dealing with stacked PRs? There are two commonly used ways to put a branch back in sync with its base (parent) branch: 1. rebase the branch onto its base branch 2. merge the base branch into the branch While git-machete supports merging base branch (like `main`) to update the branch ([`git machete traverse --merge`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#traverse)), this approach **works poorly with stacked PRs**. You might end up with a very tangled history very quickly, and a non-trivial sequence of `git cherry-pick`s might be needed to restore order. That is why we recommend using rebase over merge for stacked PRs. However, we still recommend using merge for the narrow case of [backporting hotfixes](https://slides.com/plipski/git-machete/#/11).
#### Sometimes when I run `update` or `traverse`, too many commits are taken into the rebase... how to fix that? Contrary to the popular misconception, git doesn't have a notion of ["commits belonging to a branch"](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell). A branch is just a movable reference to a commit. This makes it hard in general case to determine the range of commits that form the "unique history" of the given branch. There's an entire algorithm in git-machete for determining the [_fork point_](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02#1ac9) of the branch (i.e. the place after which the unique history of the branch starts). One thing that you can do to help fork-point algorithm in its job, is to **not delete** local branches instantly after they're merged or discarded. They (or specifically, their [reflogs](https://virtuslab.github.io/tips/#git/git-reflog)) will be still useful for a while to determine fork points for other branches (and thus, the range of commits taken into rebase). Also, you can always override fork point for a branch explicitly with [`git machete fork-point --override-to...`](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/#fork-point) command.
## Reference Find the docs at [Read the Docs](https://git-machete.readthedocs.io/). You can also check `git machete help` and `git machete help `. For the excellent overview for the reasons to use small & stacked PRs, see [Ben Congdon](https://github.com/bcongdon)'s [blog post](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2022/07/17/In-Praise-of-Stacked-PRs/). Take a look at git-machete [reference blog post](https://medium.com/virtuslab/make-your-way-through-the-git-rebase-jungle-with-git-machete-e2ed4dbacd02) for a guide on how to use the tool. The more advanced features like automated traversal, upstream inference and tree discovery are described in the [second part of the series](https://medium.com/virtuslab/git-machete-strikes-again-traverse-the-git-rebase-jungle-even-faster-with-v2-0-f43ebaf8abb0).
## Git compatibility git-machete (since version 2.13.0) is compatible with git >= 1.8.0.
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