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Last active April 7, 2026 13:35
git cheats
# alias to edit commit messages without using rebase interactive
# example: git reword commithash message
reword = "!f() {\n GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=\"sed -i 1s/^pick/reword/\" GIT_EDITOR=\"printf \\\"%s\\n\\\" \\\"$2\\\" >\" git rebase -i \"$1^\";\n git push -f;\n}; f"
# git alias to download single file from a repo in format of user/repo file
fetch-file = "!f() { out=\"${4:-$(basename \"$2\")}\"; if gh api \"repos/$1/contents/$2\" ${3:+-f ref=$3} --jq '.content' 2>/dev/null | base64 --decode > \"$out\" 2>/dev/null; then echo \"Downloaded $2 → $out\"; else echo \"Failed\"; rm -f \"$out\"; fi; }; f"
# git alias to download single file from a repo in the format of user/repo/file
fetch-file = "!f() { repo=\"$(echo $1 | cut -d/ -f1-2)\"; file=\"$(echo $1 | cut -d/ -f3-)\"; out=\"${3:-$(basename \"$file\")}\"; if gh api \"repos/$repo/contents/$file\" ${2:+-f ref=$2} --jq '.content' 2>/dev/null | base64 --decode > \"$out\" 2>/dev/null; then echo \"Downloaded $file → $out\"; else echo \"Failed\"; rm -f \"$out\"; fi;