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I'm using Git and being an old dude, I prefer to punch my will on the keyboard rather than send a rodent on a clicky trip. So, usually when I finish off my work, I'll go something like this in the console.

git add .
git commit --message "Cure for cancer (or so it feels like)"
git push

I could have a static script doing that but, regrettably, not every day's contribution is as awesome as the cure for cancer, so I'd need to have a script that takes a parameter (and if none is provided, it could be substituted by e.g. "donkey".

How would I go about creating such script?

I've googlearched it a bit but got a lot of different suggestions and at my competence level with PowerShell, I have the fear that I'll screw something up really badly. Creating a batch file would be an option but now that I do the magic in PowerShell, I fell I ought to learn it a bit more. As long as we can keep the learning curve not very steep, hehe.

Suggestions?

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  • create a function that has all the commands you want to execute. the function can have parameters that you can use to perform your logic. just make sure you are in a git shell when executing the function and you should be good to go. Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 13:50
  • @Nkosi I will not be in a Git shell. I'll be doing that from the plain PowerShell. However, I've configured the system already so that git is a known command. Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 14:20
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    OK cool. then just create your function. you could go as far as creating a module and have it loaded in your session so you can just call the the cmdlt Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 14:53
  • Perfect! Sounds easy enough. Is the suggestion with module anything like the answer below from @sodawillow by any chance? Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 15:03
  • Yes. module is just a collection of functions. that answer is basically what I was suggesting. Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 15:05

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To extend Sergiu Vidrascu's answer, you can wrap the code in a function :

function Finish-WorkAndGoHome {
    param([string]$mes = "Curing cancer with every commit")

    git add .
    git commit -m $mes
    git push
}

and add it to your profile so that the function is available in every Powershell session you start.

In a PS console, run notepad $profile, paste the code in the notepad window and save the file, for instance (then use a new console window to load the new profile).

You can learn more about Powershell profiles here. Setting the scripting rights is described here.

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I'm heading out to the movies right now but I'll make sure to try that in the evening. If I forget to accept it by Monday, please kick me to remind. :)
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You can use simple parameters In PowerShell scripts.

Have a magic.ps1 file with something like this:

param ( [string]$mes = "Curing cancer with every commit")

git add .
git commit -m $mes
git push

When you run it without arguments it picks up the default message.

When you run it like

magic.ps1 -mes "did something here"

It will use your message.

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And where/how do I save the PS1 file so that it's accessible from anywhere on my system?
Add it anywhere and append the parent folder path to the PATH environment variable
Putting a function in the user's profile is preferable to needlessly adding folders to the PATH.
True that, i agree, It is preferable, but since he is fairly new to powershell i wanted to show him something he would maybe relate much easyer.

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