git-workflow

Git Workflow

Streamline git operations with visual tools and GitHub CLI integration.

Tools

lazygit Essentials

# Open interactive TUI
lazygit

# Key bindings:
# Space - stage/unstage file
# c     - commit
# p     - push
# P     - pull
# b     - branch operations
# r     - rebase menu
# s     - stash menu
# ?     - help

GitHub CLI (gh) Essentials

# Pull Requests
gh pr create --title "Feature: Add X" --body "Description"
gh pr create --web           # Open in browser
gh pr list                   # List open PRs
gh pr view 123               # View PR details
gh pr checkout 123           # Check out PR locally
gh pr merge 123 --squash     # Squash and merge

# Issues
gh issue create --title "Bug: X"
gh issue list --label bug

# Repository
gh repo view --web           # Open in browser

# Actions
gh workflow run deploy.yml
gh run list --workflow=ci.yml

Delta (Beautiful Diffs)

# View diff with syntax highlighting
git diff | delta

# Side-by-side view
git diff | delta --side-by-side

# Configure as default pager
git config --global core.pager delta

Quick Reference

When to Use

• Interactive staging of changes
• Creating pull requests from terminal
• Reviewing PRs and issues
• Visual diff viewing
• Cleaning up commit history (rebase)
• Temporary work saving (stash)
• Bug hunting (bisect)
• Parallel feature work (worktrees)
• Recovering lost work (reflog)

Additional Resources

For detailed patterns, load:

• ./references/rebase-patterns.md - Interactive rebase workflows
• ./references/stash-patterns.md - Stash operations and workflows
• ./references/advanced-git.md - Bisect, cherry-pick, worktrees, reflog, conflicts