git-up(1) -- fetch and rebase all locally-tracked remote branches

WARNING

This project is no longer maintained, for several reasons:

• I've stopped using the workflow that made it relevant to me.
• Git 2.0 updated the default behaviour to remove the main problem it was solving (by changing the default behaviour of git push so it acts only on the current branch, instead of all branches).
• Auto-stashing is now supported natively with git rebase --autostash.

Accordingly, this line will get you a git up that works just as well and doesn't involve installing any Ruby:

git config --global alias.up \
  '!git fetch && git rebase --autostash FETCH_HEAD'

SYNOPSIS

git pull has two problems:

• It merges upstream changes by default, when it's really more polite to rebase over them, unless your collaborators enjoy a commit graph that looks like bedhead.
• It only updates the branch you're currently on, which means git push will shout at you for being behind on branches you don't particularly care about right now.

Solve them once and for all.

INSTALL

$ gem install git-up

Windows support is predictably absent. Try the Python port, which was started for that reason.

USE

ALTHOUGH

git-up is working well for a lot of people, but a rigorous proof has yet to be formulated that it will definitely not mess with your git setup, delete data or post inane drivel to Hacker News on your behalf. Best practice is to delete your Hacker News account before installing.

DIFFICULTIES

Windows

Windows support is an ongoing pain. Have a look at this ticket if you really need it, or if you're bored.

spawn.rb:187:in `_pspawn': Invalid command name (ArgumentError)

If you're using RVM and you get this error, read this.

CONFIGURATION

git-up has a few configuration options, which use git's configuration system. Each can be set either globally or per-project. To set an option globally, append the --global flag to git config, which you can run anywhere:

git config --global git-up.bundler.check true

To set it within a project, run the command inside that project's directory and omit the --global flag:

cd myproject
git config git-up.bundler.check true

git-up.bundler.check [true|false]

Default: false. If true, git-up will check your app for any new bundled gems and suggest a bundle install if necessary.

git-up.bundler.autoinstall [true|false]

Default: false. If true, and if git-up.bundler.check is also set to true, git-up will run bundle install for you if it finds missing gems.

git-up.fetch.prune [true|false]

Default: true. Append the --prune flag when running git fetch, if your git version supports it (1.6.6 or greater), telling it to remove any remote tracking branches which no longer exist on the remote.

git-up.fetch.all [true|false]

Default: false. Normally, git-up will only fetch remotes for which there is at least one local tracking branch. Setting this option to true will make git-up always fetch from all remotes, which is useful if e.g. you use a remote to push to your CI system but never check those branches out.

git-up.rebase.arguments [string]

Default: unset. Additional arguments to pass to git rebase. For example, setting this to --preserve-merges will recreate your merge commits in the rebased branch.

git-up.rebase.auto [true|false]

Default: true. If this option is set to false, git-up will not rebase branches for you. Instead, it will print a message saying they are diverged and let you handle rebasing them later. This can be useful if you have a lot of in-progress work that you don't want to deal with at once, but still want to update other branches.

git-up.rebase.log-hook "COMMAND"

Default: unset. Runs COMMAND every time a branch is rebased or fast-forwarded, with the old head as $1 and the new head as $2. This can be used to view logs or diffs of incoming changes. For example: 'echo "changes on $1:"; git log --oneline --decorate $1..$2'