scm_breeze makes git easier

Many years ago, I used scm_breeze to make my life easier when working with the git command line easier. The main thing it will do is add numbers to the output of git status which you can then use in other operations, like checking in, adding or deleting files.

$ git status
# On branch: add/super-duper-caching...origin/add/super-duper-caching  |  [*] => $e*
#
➤ Changes not staged for commit
#
#       modified: [1] wp-cache-phase1.php
#       modified: [2] wp-cache-phase2.php
#       modified: [3] wp-cache.php
#
$ git commit 1 2 3

Just in case you don’t have any git aliases set up, it will add them too, but you can disable or change them in ~/.git.scmbrc.

One change I made was to the gpl alias because I was using gl for git pull previously.

Anyway, I’m surprised I never blogged about it here before. It’s a great toolkit. It felt a bit slow for me when I tried it before, which stopped me using it on a new machine, but it’s perfectly fast now. If I notice any slowdown, I may use a add-zsh-hook hook on chpwd to load it if I cd into my development directory.

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