Persist Sessions Using a Terminal Multiplexer

• tmux
• screen (not recommended)

Using a terminal multiplexer helps keep a session in a given state.

Use Variables for Consistency

I define at least two variables for a given session:

• PARENT: name of the git branch
• CRISSUE: issue number that the cr tool uses

Persisting the branch name and issue number in the tmux session is convenient.

$ PARENT=DOCS-XXXXX-documents-a-super-rad-feature
$ CRISSUE=XXXXXXXXXX

Aliases and Functions

I use a small set of aliases and functions to wrangle common workflow tasks:

Aliases vs. Functions in bash/zsh

Aliases serve as a wrapper around an invocation. Aliases do not accept arguments.

Functions can contain more sophisticated logic and can accept arguments.

Some Aliases I've Defined

• branch: expands to git branch --show-current
• add-commit: expands to git add . && git commit --amend --no-edit
• stage: expands to git push origin -f $( branch ) ; (Note how this calls the previously-defined branch alias.)

Some Functions I've Defined

• cr: A small wrapper around the code review tool.
• occurrences: count all occurrences of term(s) in the corpus (on the current branch).
• affected-files: count all occurrences and list all files term is found in.

Command Line Motions

Use Option as Meta key

https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/change-profiles-keyboard-preferences-trmlkbrd/2.10/mac/10.15

Here are some key combinations I find useful when navigating the command line:

• ctrl-a: jump to the beginning of the line
• ctrl-e: jump to the end of the line
• ctrl-f: move forward one char at a tie
• ctrl-b: move backward one char at a time
• option-f: move forward one word at a time
• option-b: move backward one word at a time

More info on Motions here: https://ss64.com/osx/syntax-bashkeyboard.html