https://github.com/jamescherti/git-smartmv
A tool that decides to use `git mv` or `mv` to move files/directories.
https://github.com/jamescherti/git-smartmv
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A tool that decides to use `git mv` or `mv` to move files/directories.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jamescherti/git-smartmv
- Owner: jamescherti
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2023-05-03T19:15:43.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-23T18:17:58.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-08T04:09:08.124Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: command-line, command-line-tool, directories, files, folders, git, git-mv, move, mv
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 40 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# git-smartmv - A tool that can decide whether to use `git mv` or `mv`
The `git-smartmv` command-line tool intelligently moves files and directories by selecting either `git mv` or `mv` based on the source and destination paths.
- When both the source and destination are within the same Git repository, `git-smartmv` uses `git mv`.
- When moving files between a Git repository and a non-Git directory, or between different Git repositories, it defaults to `mv`.
## Installation
To install *git-smartmv* executable locally in `~/.local/bin/pathaction` using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/), run:
```
sudo pip install --user git-smartmv
```
(Omitting the `--user` flag will install *git-smartmv* system-wide in `/usr/local/bin/git-smartmv`.)
## Shell alias
To install the *git-smartmv* executable locally in `~/.local/bin/git-smartmv` using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/), run:
```
alias mv="git-smartmv"
```
(Omitting the `--user` flag will install *git-smartmv* system-wide in `/usr/local/bin/git-smartmv`.)
## Usage
The `git-smartmv` command-line tool accepts similar arguments as the `mv` command, including the source file or directory to be moved, and the destination file or directory.
```
usage: git-smartmv [--option] ...
options:
-w WARNING_THRESHOLD, --warning-threshold WARNING_THRESHOLD
This will raise a warning if the number of files or directories being moved
exceeds the specified amount
-v, --verbose Report the names of the files and/or directories as they are being moved.
-f, --force Force renaming or moving of files and/or directories even if the destination
exists.
-p, --non-interactive
Do not prompt the user to confirm before executing 'mv' and/or 'git mv'
commands.
```
First example:
```
git smartmv file1 file2
```
Second example:
```
git smartmv file1 dir1/ file2 file3 directory/
```
Third example (non-interactive):
```
git smartmv --non-interactive dir1/ dir2/
```
## License
Copyright (C) 2023-2025 [James Cherti](https://www.jamescherti.com)
Distributed under terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
## Links
- [Git-smartmv @PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/git-smartmv/)
- [Git-smartmv @GitHub](https://github.com/jamescherti/git-smartmv/)