Git aliases to combine fetch in the background and checkout/merge/rebase

Posted on 12.12.2018 by abatishchev

I decided to write down few useful Git aliases I’m using every day.

git config --global alias.fetch-master "!git fetch -p && git fetch origin master:master"

git config --global alias.fetch-checkout "!git fetch-master && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD > .git/BRANCH && git checkout master && git branch -D `cat .git/BRANCH` && rm .git/BRANCH"

git config --global alias.fetch-merge "!git fetch-master && git merge master"

git config --global alias.fetch-rebase "!git fetch-master && git rebase master"

Or how it looks in .gitconfig:

[alias]
  fetch-master = !git fetch -p && git fetch origin master:master
  fetch-checkout = !git fetch-master && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD > .git/BRANCH && git checkout master && git branch -D `cat .git/BRANCH` && rm .git/BRANCH
  fetch-merge = !git fetch-master && git merge master
  fetch-rebase = !git fetch-master && git rebase master
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