tj.git-extras/man/git-feature.1
Austin Ziegler 49650eda62
git-feature: add configurable branch separator (#1072)
* git-feature: add configurable branch separator

Closes #1069

This allows the use of a separator other than `/` for feature or other
alias branches. While a command-line option has been provided (`-s` or
`--separator`), this will most often be used via
`git-extras.feature.separator`.

* Significant update to bin/git-feature

- Changed option parsing so that `--alias` requires an argument and will
  fail with an error unless provided. Applied the same logic to
  `--separator`.

- Changed `finish` parsing to capture it as a variable flag during
  argument parsing.

  This could be extended so that if `finish` is already true, a second
  `finish` results in the word being added to the argument list.

  ```console
  $ git feature -- finish remote
  $ git feature finish finish remote
  ```

  This has not been done because it is a bit of an inconsistent handling
  for documentation purposes.

- Add handling of `--` to permit options or `finish` to be made part of
  the feature branch name.

- Since `finish` is now a variable flag, simplify the name-building
  logic to always use `concatargs "${argv[@]}"`. This means that
  `git feature finish ...` and `git feature ...` behave the same in
  terms of feature branch name building.

- Basically rewrote the man page to include better descriptions of the
  options as well as adding a GIT CONFIG section and additional EXAMPLES
  for the new features/behaviour.
2023-09-19 11:10:59 +08:00

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.TH "GIT\-FEATURE" "1" "September 2023" "" "Git Extras"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBgit\-feature\fR \- Create/Merge feature branch
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBgit\-feature\fR [\-a|\-\-alias \fIPREFIX\fR] [\-s|\-\-separator \fISEPARATOR\fR] [\-r|\-\-remote [REMOTE_NAME]] [\-\-from START_POINT] \fINAME\fR\.\.\.
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.P
\fBgit\-feature\fR [\-a|\-\-alias \fIPREFIX\fR] [\-s|\-\-separator \fISEPARATOR\fR] finish [\-\-squash] \fINAME\fR\.\.\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Create or merge the given feature branch\. The feature branch name is made from the \fIPREFIX\fR, the \fISEPARATOR\fR, and the \fINAME\fR joined together\.
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.P
The default \fIPREFIX\fR is \fBfeature\fR and \fISEPARATOR\fR is \fB/\fR, which can be changed (see OPTIONS and GIT CONFIG for details)\.
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.P
The branch \fINAME\fR may be specified as multiple words which will be joined with \fB\-\fR\. If the branch name contains the word \fBfinish\fR or is another OPTION, \fB\-\-\fR should be passed to stop OPTION parsing\. See the EXAMPLES for details\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
\fB\-a\fR \fIPREFIX\fR, \fB\-\-alias\fR \fIPREFIX\fR:
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.IP
The branch prefix to use, or \fBfeature\fR if not supplied\.
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.TP
\fB\-s\fR \fISEPARATOR\fR, \fB\-\-separator\fR \fISEPARATOR\fR:
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.IP
The separator to use for joining the branch prefix and the branch name, or \fB/\fR if not supplied\.
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.TP
\fB\-r\fR [REMOTE_NAME], \fB\-\-remote\fR [REMOTE_NAME]:
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.IP
Setup a remote tracking branch using \fBremote_name\fR\. If \fBremote_name\fR is not supplied, use \fBorigin\fR by default\.
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.TP
\fB\-\-from\fR START_POINT:
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.IP
Setup a start point when the branch created\. If \fB\-\-from\fR is not supplied, use the current branch by default\. This option will be ignored when \fBfinish\fRing a branch\.
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.TP
\fBfinish\fR:
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.IP
Merge and delete the feature branch\.
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.TP
\fB\-\-squash\fR:
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.IP
Run a squash merge when \fBfinish\fRing the feature branch\.
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.TP
\fINAME\fR:
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.IP
The name of the feature branch\.
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.SH "GIT CONFIG"
You can configure the default branch prefix and separator via git config options\.
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.TP
\fBgit\-extras\.feature\.prefix\fR:
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.IP
$ git config \-\-global add git\-extras\.feature\.prefix "prefix"
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.TP
\fBgit\-extras\.feature\.separator\fR:
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.IP
$ git config \-\-global add git\-extras\.feature\.separator "\-"
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.TP
Start a new feature:
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.IP
$ git feature dependencies
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.br
\&\.\.\.
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.br
$ (feature/dependencies) git commit \-m "Some changes"
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.TP
Finish a feature with \-\-no\-ff merge:
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.IP
$ (feature/dependencies) git checkout master
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.br
$ git feature finish dependencies
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.TP
Finish a feature with \-\-squash merge:
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.IP
$ (feature/dependencies) git checkout master
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.br
$ git feature finish \-\-squash dependencies
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.TP
Publish a feature upstream:
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.IP
$ git feature dependencies \-r upstream
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.TP
Use custom branch prefix:
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.IP
$ git alias features "feature \-a features"
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.br
$ git features dependencies
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.br
$ (features/dependencies) \.\.\.
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.br
$ (features/dependencies) git checkout master
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.br
$ git features finish dependencies
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.TP
Use custom branch separator:
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.IP
$ git feature \-s \- dependencies
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.br
$ (feature\-dependencies) \.\.\.
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.br
$ (feature\-dependencies) git checkout master
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.br
$ git feature \-s \- finish dependencies
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.TP
Use custom branch prefix and separator from git config with multiple words:
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.IP
$ git config \-\-global \-\-add git\-extras\.feature\.prefix "features"
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.br
$ git config \-\-global \-\-add git\-extras\.feature\.separator "\."
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.br
$ git feature dependency tracking
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.br
$ (features\.dependency\-tracking) \.\.\.
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.br
$ (features\.dependency\-tracking) git checkout master
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.br
$ git feature finish dependency tracking
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.TP
Use a \fBgit\-feature\fR option flag as part of a branch name:
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.IP
$ git feature \-\- finish remote
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.br
\&\.\.\.
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.br
$ (feature/finish\-remote) git commit \-m "Some changes"
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.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Jesús Espino <\fIjespinog@gmail\.com\fR>
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.br
Modified by Mark Pitman <\fImark\.pitman@gmail\.com\fR>
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.br
Modified by Carlos Prado <\fIcarlos\.prado@cpradog\.com\fR>
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.br
Modified by Austin Ziegler <\fIhalostatue@gmail\.com\fR>
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
<\fIhttps://github\.com/tj/git\-extras/issues\fR>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
<\fIhttps://github\.com/tj/git\-extras\fR>, git\-create\-branch(1), git\-delete\-branch(1)