Git: Mastering Version Control

Configuring and using Git scripts

Yes, we have aliases, and aliases do what they do best—take small one-liners and convert them into small useful Git commands. However, when it comes to larger scripts that are also a part of your process, and you would like to incorporate them into Git, you can simply name the script git-scriptname, and then use it as git scriptname.

How to do it...

There are a few things to remember. The script has to be in your path so that Git can use the script. Besides this, only imagination sets the boundary:

1. Open your favorite editor and insert the following lines in the file:

   #!/bin/bash
   NUMBEROFCOMMITS=$(git log --all --oneline | wc -l)
   while :
     WHICHCOMMIT=$(( ( RANDOM % ${NUMBEROFCOMMITS} )  + 1 ))
    COMMITSUBJECT=$(git ...