Git QuickFix

Quickfix allows you to commit changes in your git repository to a new branch without leaving the current branch.

Motivation

I have often written a patch for some minor blemish that caught my attention. I found it annoying to have to stage my main changes, switch to a new branch created off the main branch, commit and push the patch and then switch back to the original branch.

How it works

Stage the changes you would like to patch. git add --patch is a good way to do this.
git quickfix --push <new_branch>
git quickfix --help provides more options.

The new commit and the new branch are both created in memory. This means your working directory will not be modified. Unless --keep is provided, the staged changes will be removed.

Installation

You can use Cargo to install quickfix.

cargo install git-quickfix

Known Issues

Calling from a subdirectory of the git repo is not implemented yet.
Git configured editors (for the commit message) will not be picked up. Neither will a git commit-msg template. However, the EDITOR and VISUAL environment variables will be heeded.

TODO