Git Workflow

Streamline git operations with visual tools and GitHub CLI integration.

Tools

Tool	Command	Use For
lazygit	lazygit	Interactive git TUI
gh	gh pr create	GitHub CLI operations
delta	git diff | delta	Beautiful diff viewing

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

Task	Command
Interactive git	lazygit
Create PR	gh pr create
Merge PR	gh pr merge --squash
Beautiful diff	git diff | delta
Interactive rebase	git rebase -i HEAD~N
Stash changes	git stash push -m "msg"
Apply stash	git stash pop
Find bug commit	git bisect start
Cherry-pick	git cherry-pick <hash>
Parallel worktree	git worktree add <path> <branch>
Recover commits	git reflog

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