Git Workflow
Streamline git operations with visual tools and GitHub CLI integration.
Tools
| Tool | Command | Use For |
|---|---|---|
| lazygit | lazygit | Interactive git TUI |
| gh | gh pr create | GitHub CLI operations |
| delta | git diff | delta | Beautiful diff viewing |
lazygit Essentials
bash
# Open interactive TUI lazygit # Key bindings: # Space - stage/unstage file # c - commit # p - push # P - pull # b - branch operations # r - rebase menu # s - stash menu # ? - help
GitHub CLI (gh) Essentials
bash
# Pull Requests gh pr create --title "Feature: Add X" --body "Description" gh pr create --web # Open in browser gh pr list # List open PRs gh pr view 123 # View PR details gh pr checkout 123 # Check out PR locally gh pr merge 123 --squash # Squash and merge # Issues gh issue create --title "Bug: X" gh issue list --label bug # Repository gh repo view --web # Open in browser # Actions gh workflow run deploy.yml gh run list --workflow=ci.yml
Delta (Beautiful Diffs)
bash
# View diff with syntax highlighting git diff | delta # Side-by-side view git diff | delta --side-by-side # Configure as default pager git config --global core.pager delta
Quick Reference
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Interactive git | lazygit |
| Create PR | gh pr create |
| Merge PR | gh pr merge --squash |
| Beautiful diff | git diff | delta |
| Interactive rebase | git rebase -i HEAD~N |
| Stash changes | git stash push -m "msg" |
| Apply stash | git stash pop |
| Find bug commit | git bisect start |
| Cherry-pick | git cherry-pick <hash> |
| Parallel worktree | git worktree add <path> <branch> |
| Recover commits | git reflog |
When to Use
- •Interactive staging of changes
- •Creating pull requests from terminal
- •Reviewing PRs and issues
- •Visual diff viewing
- •Cleaning up commit history (rebase)
- •Temporary work saving (stash)
- •Bug hunting (bisect)
- •Parallel feature work (worktrees)
- •Recovering lost work (reflog)
Additional Resources
For detailed patterns, load:
- •
./references/rebase-patterns.md- Interactive rebase workflows - •
./references/stash-patterns.md- Stash operations and workflows - •
./references/advanced-git.md- Bisect, cherry-pick, worktrees, reflog, conflicts