https://github.com/ticky/batfiles

A simple set of unix-like and helpful macros for dealing with the Windows command prompt.
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A simple set of unix-like and helpful macros for dealing with the Windows command prompt.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ticky/batfiles
• Owner: ticky
• Created: 2016-05-04T19:02:54.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-05-04T19:03:05.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-04T06:43:49.115Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Lua
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• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Batfiles

A simple set of unix-like and helpful macros for dealing with the Windows command prompt.

## Features

* prompt updated with working git branch and status

* useful aliases for git and more

* download files from the command line

* 2 line prompt for readability

* [base16](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) colour scheme for Windows Command Prompt

## Requirements

* **`git`**  

  _Well, you're here, aren't you?_

* **[Clink](https://code.google.com/p/clink/)**  

  _Brings Bash-style completion and history to the Windows command prompt_

## Setup

1. Clone this repo into your `%USERPROFILE%/batfiles` directory;

   `git clone https://github.com/geoffstokes/batfiles.git %USERPROFILE%/batfiles`

2. Run `setup.bat` from the `batfiles` directory.

## Usage

* `~`: Go to your user profile directory

* `cd`: Replaced with `chdir /D`, meaning it'll _just change drives when you bloody ask it to_

* `clear`: clear the screen

* `fn`: search recursively through the current directory and its subdirectories

* Git shortcuts

    * `ga`: `git add`

    * `gb`: Show all local and remote branches (`git branch -av`)

    * `gbp`: Show all unmerged branches, with their remote equivalents (if any. equivalent to `git branch -avv --no-merged`)

    * `gc`: `git commit -v`

    * `gco`: `git checkout`

    * `gd`: `git diff`

    * `gdc`: `git diff --cached`

    * `gdh`: `git diff HEAD`

    * `gf`: `git fetch`

    * `gl`: `git log`

    * `gp`: `git push`

    * `gpl`: `git pull`

    * `gr`: `git remote -v`

    * `gs`: `git status`

    * `gu`: `git up`

* `ls`: run `dir` in a vaguely unix-like way (and get a message from Steve)

* `ntget`: insanely simplistic file download utility (written in Powershell)

* `source`: reload the `doskey` macro file

* `x`: shortcut to exit

## How

This uses `doskey` to set up macros by running it whenever a command prompt instance starts. Automatically running something on each command prompt load is achieved by setting the `AutoRun` key in `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor` in the Registry.

These changes are per-user and can (and will) be expanded upon by adding commands (setting variables, etc) to `cmd_profile.bat` and/or adding aliases to `doskey.mcr`.

`ntget` is a (very) simple PowerShell script which is called from a `doskey` macro.

_**NOTE**: A previous version changed your PowerShell ExecutionPolicy to `RemoteSigned`. This is no longer the case. To restore the default policy, you can run this command from cmd; `powershell -Command "& {Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted}"`_

The colours are overridden in the registry (and require you to have not customised them for any command prompt shortcut), and the improved prompt uses Clink.