gitx – Extended Git Operations

gitx is an ever-evolving collection of extension commands to git.

gitx help # show help
gitx file-pick # interactively pick files from another branch

Installation

With NPM:

npm install -g gitx

With PNPM:

pnpm install -g gitx

With Homebrew:

brew install gitx

Usage

# show help
gitx help

# show version
gitx --version

Commands

file-pick

Interactively select files from another branch and copy them into the current branch as unstaged changes. Unlike git cherry-pick, this command works on files, not commits. This is all done via a TUI (Terminal User Interface), with interactive file selection. It works only for local branches!

1. The program must be run while on an active branch (not detached HEAD).
2. Unless a source branch is provided via --source, the user is prompted to select a local source branch. Type-ahead is used to filter all local branches. Enter selects the branch.
3. The current branch is the destination. Files are copied as unstaged changes.
4. The user is prompted to select files to copy from the source branch. Type-ahead is used to filter all files. Space toggles selection. Enter confirms selection.
5. A final confirmation screen lists the operations and asks for [Y/n] confirmation.

Examples

# Pick files from a branch you interactively select into the current branch
gitx file-pick

# Pick files from the source branch into the current branch
gitx file-pick -s source-branch
gitx file-pick --source source-branch