tj.git-extras/man/git-feature.md
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.
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# git-feature(1) -- Create/Merge feature branch
## SYNOPSIS
`git-feature` [-a|--alias <PREFIX>] [-s|--separator <SEPARATOR>] [-r|--remote [REMOTE_NAME]] [--from START_POINT] <NAME>...
`git-feature` [-a|--alias <PREFIX>] [-s|--separator <SEPARATOR>] finish [--squash] <NAME>...
## DESCRIPTION
Create or merge the given feature branch. The feature branch name is made from the <PREFIX>, the <SEPARATOR>, and the <NAME> joined together.
The default <PREFIX> is `feature` and <SEPARATOR> is `/`, which can be changed (see OPTIONS and GIT CONFIG for details).
The branch <NAME> may be specified as multiple words which will be joined with `-`. If the branch name contains the word `finish` or is another OPTION, `--` should be passed to stop OPTION parsing. See the EXAMPLES for details.
## OPTIONS
- `-a` <PREFIX>, `--alias` <PREFIX>:
The branch prefix to use, or `feature` if not supplied.
- `-s` <SEPARATOR>, `--separator` <SEPARATOR>:
The separator to use for joining the branch prefix and the branch name, or `/` if not supplied.
- `-r` [REMOTE_NAME], `--remote` [REMOTE_NAME]:
Setup a remote tracking branch using `remote_name`. If `remote_name` is not supplied, use `origin` by default.
- `--from` START_POINT:
Setup a start point when the branch created. If `--from` is not supplied, use the current branch by default. This option will be ignored when `finish`ing a branch.
- `finish`:
Merge and delete the feature branch.
- `--squash`:
Run a squash merge when `finish`ing the feature branch.
- <NAME>:
The name of the feature branch.
## GIT CONFIG
You can configure the default branch prefix and separator via git config options.
- `git-extras.feature.prefix`:
$ git config --global add git-extras.feature.prefix "prefix"
- `git-extras.feature.separator`:
$ git config --global add git-extras.feature.separator "-"
## EXAMPLES
- Start a new feature:
$ git feature dependencies
...
$ (feature/dependencies) git commit -m "Some changes"
- Finish a feature with --no-ff merge:
$ (feature/dependencies) git checkout master
$ git feature finish dependencies
- Finish a feature with --squash merge:
$ (feature/dependencies) git checkout master
$ git feature finish --squash dependencies
- Publish a feature upstream:
$ git feature dependencies -r upstream
- Use custom branch prefix:
$ git alias features "feature -a features"
$ git features dependencies
$ (features/dependencies) ...
$ (features/dependencies) git checkout master
$ git features finish dependencies
- Use custom branch separator:
$ git feature -s - dependencies
$ (feature-dependencies) ...
$ (feature-dependencies) git checkout master
$ git feature -s - finish dependencies
- Use custom branch prefix and separator from git config with multiple words:
$ git config --global --add git-extras.feature.prefix "features"
$ git config --global --add git-extras.feature.separator "."
$ git feature dependency tracking
$ (features.dependency-tracking) ...
$ (features.dependency-tracking) git checkout master
$ git feature finish dependency tracking
- Use a `git-feature` option or the `finish` command as part of a branch name:
$ git feature -- finish remote
...
$ (feature/finish-remote) git commit -m "Some changes"
$ (feature/finish-remote) git checkout main
$ git feature finish -- finish remote
## AUTHOR
Written by Jesús Espino &lt;<jespinog@gmail.com>&gt;
Modified by Mark Pitman &lt;<mark.pitman@gmail.com>&gt;
Modified by Carlos Prado &lt;<carlos.prado@cpradog.com>&gt;
Modified by Austin Ziegler &lt;<halostatue@gmail.com>&gt;
## REPORTING BUGS
&lt;<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>&gt;
## SEE ALSO
&lt;<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>&gt;, git-create-branch(1), git-delete-branch(1)