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Shell script adding `git google *` to git subcommands. Put this file, named `git-google`, somewhere in your $PATH, and be sure to make this file executable. Then, type "git google commit," for example, to open a Google search for "git commit tutorial." Hacky AF, but it does generally work.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
set -e | |
urlencode() { | |
# from https://gist.github.com/cdown/1163649 | |
# urlencode <string> | |
old_lc_collate=$LC_COLLATE | |
LC_COLLATE=C | |
local length="${#1}" | |
for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do | |
local c="${1:$i:1}" | |
case $c in | |
[a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf '%s' "$c" ;; | |
*) printf '%%%02X' "'$c" ;; | |
esac | |
done | |
LC_COLLATE=$old_lc_collate | |
} | |
Q=$(urlencode "git $(echo "$@") tutorial") | |
open "https://google.com/search?q=$Q" |
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