Intuitive Semver based git client abstraction.

grit

Installation

🔶   grit is a git abstraction. Thus, it requires a git installation. The git binary needs to be accessible in path.

🖥️   grit does currently support macOS host systems.

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/t-ski/grit/main/installer/install.mac.sh) 0.1.0

💡   The grit version to install must be specified through the trailing argument (browse versions).

Usage Synopsis

grit purposefully integrates with the Semver approach. The grit command line interface is accordingly designed. The atomic grit workflow is a development that is either a patch, minor, or major increment (see Semver). The fundamental design principle for grit is locality. This means, the HEAD is always on a branch linked with a Semver development declaration (such as a patch).

grit <command> [<arg:positional>]* [--<arg:key>|-<arg:shorthand> *?]*

💡   Run grit help to view usage instructions in the console.

Start Development

An incremental development can be started with the respective Semver terminology. it is recommended to provide the declared development in a few dash-separated words to the name option. Alternatively, the current timestamp is used to identify the underlying git branch chronologically.

Patch

grit patch [--name|-name *]?

Minor

grit minor [--name|-name *]?

Major

grit major [--name|-name *]?

Example

grit patch fix-typo

Complete Development

Completing a previously started incremental development includes to a few steps: The development branch is merged to the main branch (or a differently specified target). Unless explicitly flagged to keep existing, the development branch is subsequently deleted. Finally, a new git tag is created that is annotated with the next according Semver version (v<major>.<minor>.<patch>).

grit complete [--target|-t *]? [--keep-branch]? 

💡   Based on the generated tag, CI pipelines can easily infer releases.

Redeclare Development

A development might deviate from the original declared purpose. For instance, when a patch introduces an additional feature. Instead of inverting the branching behaviour, grit provides a Semver purpose redeclaration command.

grit redeclare [patch|minor|major]

Abort Development

Aborting a development helps with discontinued developments. This is, the HEAD is reset to the tip of the main branch. The stale development branch irrevocably deleted.

grit abort

💡   Based on the generated tag, CI pipelines can easily infere potential releases.

Status

As with git, overall status information can be displayed with the status utility command.

grit status

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