switchbox 0.5.0

Tools for working with Git repositories.

switchbox

A collection of small tools for git workflows.

Installation

Clone the repository and install the package with pip.

pip install --user .

Usage

Invoke switchbox directly or run it via git switchbox.

Switchbox commands assume your git repository has a default branch and a default remote. When Switchbox is used for the first time (or you run switchbox setup) it will find and remember names for these.

• The default branch will use a branch named main or master.
• The default remote will use a remote named upstream or origin.

Switchbox options are set in a repository's .git/config file under a switchbox section.

switchbox config

Show config options that Switchbox has set.

switchbox config init

Detect a default branch and default remote, and save them to the repository's git configuration. This will be done automatically when you first use a command that works on a default branch or default remote.

switchbox config default-branch $branch

Change the default branch.

switchbox config default-remote $remote

Change the default remote.

switchbox finish [--update/--no-update]

• Update all git remotes.
• Update the local default branch to match the remote default branch.
• Switch to the default branch.
• Remove branches merged into the default branch.
• Remove branches squashed into the default branch.

switchbox tidy [--update/--no-update]

• Update all git remotes.
• Remove branches merged into the default branch.
• Remove branches squashed into the default branch.

switchbox update

• Update all git remotes.