Some simple utilities I've written to make using git more pleasant.
Usage: git all [--recursive] 'command'
Finds every submodule and runs a command in it. Similar to
git submodule foreach, except it runs the commands in parallel.
Nice for io-blocking things. Stdout for each command is buffered
separately until all commands complete (stderr is not).
Example: git all 'git fetch && git merge --ff-only origin/master'
Usage: git multistatus upstream-head...
Print out a list of all refs/heads relative to a provided baseline. HEAD has a *. Local commits are listed below the ref name. Each ref is trailed by a number in parens which is the number of commits by which it trails the baseline.
This is designed to be run in a terminal under watch.
Example: git multistatus origin/master origin/branch/v2
Stomps on the current commit metadata date and author (plus whatever other args it has). A fine thing to do to a commit you've just patched up and rebased on top of a bunch of newer history before you resubmit it. Takes all arguments git commit --amend does.
Like all history smashing, don't do this on histories people already rely on.
Example: git commit -m "thing" ; touch foo; git add foo; git smash -a -C HEAD