zsh combined with oh-my-zsh is my daily driver on the terminal and I love it. Here is one of there reasons why: git aliases
- g : git
- ga : git add
- gaa : git add –all
- gapa : git add –patch
- gc: git commit
- gcmsg: git commit -m
- gst: git status
- gp : git push
- gl : git pull
- gd : git diff
- gco : git checkout
- glg : git log –stat
Those are the ones I use the most. The full list can be found in the plugin page
Why?
I have recorded myself typing git commit and gc in the terminal and made some math to find out how much time I am saving with this shortcut:
- Recording FPS: 25
- Average time for typing
git commit5 times: 1976 ms - Average time for typing
gc5 times: 248 ms - Time saved on an average day with 20 commits: (1976 – 248)*20 = 34560 ms
- Average time saved in a year with 261 working days minus 1 month of holidays: 34560 ms * (261 – 24) = 8190720 ms = 2 hours 16 minutes
2 hours per year for just 20 commits with one shortcut. Add more of these and you can see where this is going.
I really believe that big results can come from small changes and optimizations here and there. I hope you found this useful too.