Add More Git Commands

2022-01-10

Every now and then I find a super helpful nugget that I wish I'd known about long ago which is good because it's so simple. Extending the git cli is one such nugget, you can basically add your own commands. All that's required is the name of the executing file must follow the format git-[sub command name] such as:

git foo

As long as the file can be found within your PATH variable then it will execute. So you can do:

touch git-foo

Then add the following contents to the new file:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo 'foo'

And then execute git foo like the example at the start and foo is written to the console.

There's a bit more on it here. Great stuff!