Going mouseless #1: Git push a new branch

TLDR: install thefuck

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Using the right tool for the right job is kind of why I can’t decide myself on using one programming language.

When it comes to programming, I have the feeling that using the mouse is highly unefficient.¹

It really breaks the flow, you are in the process of writing some code, with both your hands on the keyboard, and all of a sudden you grab the mouse to, I don’t know, launch the tests or click on some website you are testing. I don’t like that.

What I try to do on a daily basis is find where and when my mouse is breaking my flow.

This (I hope so) will be a series of articles where I take one part of my working flow and try to get rid of the mouse.

Protip: Put my mouse on its back so every access to the mouse is a conscious one. Try it, and let me know.

The git ‘flow’

Each time I work on a new task, I start by creating a new branch. Let’s say I work on this article.

git co -b going-mouseless-part-1

After that I create the file, write some stuff down, the usual…

When I’m satisfied with my work, I commit

git add mouseless-article-1.md
git commit -m"meaningful commit message"
git push

and BAM

fatal: The current branch going-mouseless-part-1 has no upstream branch.
To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use

    git push --set-upstream origin going-mouseless-part-1

I grab my mouse, select the last line and copy/paste it. At least that’s what I used to do.

A perfect solution for this use case is TheFuck.

Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.

Once installed, instead of grabbing my mouse, I just type fuck then enter twice and that’s it!

Here is a complete demo:

This tool is a really useful one, it saves me on a daily basis with everything, typos, missing sudo,… plus, it’s pleasant to curse.