EG(1)

📦 version 1.7.5.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎀 EG(1) — like, the manual page for eg, bestie 🎀

Manual name folded in up top, as promised: this is EG(1), sitting in the User Commands corner of your terminal. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

eg — git for mere mortals 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so, real talk: eg is the whole git vibe but, like, actually approachable?? No cap. (Also, if you want the long long version, run eg help --all for a more detailed list. ✨)

🌸 Creating repositories 🌸

  • eg clone — Clone a repository into a new directory. Fresh start, main character energy. 👑
  • eg init — Create a new repository. Baby's first repo, iconic. 🎀

🦋 Obtaining information about changes, history, & state 🦋

  • eg diff — Show changes to file contents. Look at what you did. 👀
  • eg log — Show history of recorded changes. The lore, fr fr. 📜
  • eg status — Summarize current changes. Vibe check on your working copy. ✅

💅 Making, undoing, or recording changes 💅

  • eg commit — Record changes locally. Lock it in. 🔥
  • eg mv — Move or rename files (or directories or symlinks). Yes, symlinks too, she does it all. 💁
  • eg stage — Mark content in files as being ready for commit. Pre-commit glow-up. ✨

🌈 Managing branches 🌈

  • eg branch — List, create, or delete branches. Multitasking queen. 💜
  • eg merge — Join two or more development histories (branches) together. Bringing the timelines back into one. 🧚
  • eg switch — Switch the working copy to another branch. Glamorous teleportation, lowkey. 🦋

🫶 Collaboration 🫶

  • eg pull — Get updates from another repository and merge them. Receiving the group chat messages. 😭
  • eg push — Push local commits to a published repository. Sending your truth out into the world. 🔥

⭐ Time saving commands ⭐

  • eg bisect — Find the change that introduced a bug by binary search. Detective era, we love to see it. 🔍
  • eg stash — Save and revert local changes, or apply stashed changes. Tucking your work away for later, no judgement. 🙈

🍓 Additional help 🍓

  • eg help COMMAND — Get more help on COMMAND. Just ask about the one thing. 🎀
  • eg help --all — List more commands (not really all). Honestly? Not really all. She said what she said. 💀
  • eg help topic — List specialized help topics. For when you want the deep lore, iykyk. 📚

also for the record, the git underneath this whole situation is running git version 2.28.0.rc1 — just so you know what's holding it down. 🌸

💖 cute sign-off time 💖

This little love letter is eg version .99, dated July 2020, and yes, it lives under the name EG(1). Obsessed with her, honestly. periodt. 💅✨🫶

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