Improving your Developer Experience with ZSH alias'
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Photo Credit: Allison & Rupert PhotographyIntroduction
As software engineers we have a lot of different terminal commands we need to remember and often I find myself repeating the same commands. This is what my shell file looks like.
If you haven't created a Zsh file yet, I would recommend creating it and using vim add the command to open the file in VS Code. That will make adding more commands way easier.
Setup steps
In your terminal enter:
• vim ~/.zshrc
• Press "i" in vim (It should say 'insert')
• Paste in the following commands:
• alias edit='code $HOME/.zshrc'
• alias reload='source ~/.zshrc'
• Press 'Esc' to exit insert mode
• Enter 'wq!' to save
• Close and restart the terminal
• You should now be able to enter 'code' in your terminal and it will open in VS Code. Copy and paste the commands below and save.
• Enter the 'reload' command and you will now be able to enter all the commands and use them.
Commands
1# Terminal Color choices
2# Bold
3BBlack='\033[1;30m' # Black
4BRed='\033[1;31m' # Red
5BGreen='\033[1;32m' # Green
6BYellow='\033[1;33m' # Yellow
7BBlue='\033[1;34m' # Blue
8BPurple='\033[1;35m' # Purple
9BCyan='\033[1;36m' # Cyan
10BWhite='\033[1;37m' # White
11
12# Underline
13UBlack='\033[4;30m' # Black
14URed='\033[4;31m' # Red
15UGreen='\033[4;32m' # Green
16UYellow='\033[4;33m' # Yellow
17UBlue='\033[4;34m' # Blue
18UPurple='\033[4;35m' # Purple
19UCyan='\033[4;36m' # Cyan
20UWhite='\033[4;37m' # White
21
22# Background
23On_Black='\033[40m' # Black
24On_Red='\033[41m' # Red
25On_Green='\033[42m' # Green
26On_Yellow='\033[43m' # Yellow
27On_Blue='\033[44m' # Blue
28On_Purple='\033[45m' # Purple
29On_Cyan='\033[46m' # Cyan
30On_White='\033[47m' # White
31
32# High Intensity
33IBlack='\033[0;90m' # Black
34IRed='\033[0;91m' # Red
35IGreen='\033[0;92m' # Green
36IYellow='\033[0;93m' # Yellow
37IBlue='\033[0;94m' # Blue
38IPurple='\033[0;95m' # Purple
39ICyan='\033[0;96m' # Cyan
40IWhite='\033[0;97m' # White
41
42# Bold High Intensity
43BIBlack='\033[1;90m' # Black
44BIRed='\033[1;91m' # Red
45BIGreen='\033[1;92m' # Green
46BIYellow='\033[1;93m' # Yellow
47BIBlue='\033[1;94m' # Blue
48BIPurple='\033[1;95m' # Purple
49BICyan='\033[1;96m' # Cyan
50BIWhite='\033[1;97m' # White
51
52# High Intensity backgrounds
53On_IBlack='\033[0;100m' # Black
54On_IRed='\033[0;101m' # Red
55On_IGreen='\033[0;102m' # Green
56On_IYellow='\033[0;103m' # Yellow
57On_IBlue='\033[0;104m' # Blue
58On_IPurple='\033[0;105m' # Purple
59On_ICyan='\033[0;106m' # Cyan
60On_IWhite='\033[0;107m' # White
61
62# General MacOS commands
63alias reload='source ~/.zshrc'
64alias zshconfig='code ~/.zshrc'
65
66alias ll='ls -lah'
67alias cls='clear'
68alias ls='ls --color=auto'
69alias lh='ls -d .* --color=auto'
70
71alias ..='cd ../'
72alias ~='cd ~/'
73
74export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
75export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator
76export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/platform-tools
77export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin
78export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/mysql/lib:$PATH"
79export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
80
81
82# Git Commands
83alias stat='git status'
84alias pull='git pull origin'
85alias pullm='git pull origin master'
86alias pullt='git pull origin test'
87alias pulld='git pull origin develop'
88
89function get_branch() {
90 git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p'
91}
92
93function add() {
94 git add -A
95 git status
96}
97
98function commit() {
99 project=""
100 jiraNumber=""
101 message=""
102
103 echo "${BBlue}Select Project: "
104 select opts in "MMR" "RC"; do
105 case $opts in
106 "MMR" )
107 project="MMR"
108 break;;
109 "RC" )
110 project="RC"
111 break;;
112 "exit" )
113 echo "Exiting"
114 break;;
115 * ) echo "invalid option";;
116 esac
117 done
118
119
120 echo -n "${BBlue}Enter Jira Number: "
121 read -r jiraNumber
122
123 echo -n "${BBlue}Enter Commit Number: "
124 read -r message
125
126 git commit -m "$project-$jiraNumber: $message"
127 echo "${BBlue}$project-$jiraNumber: '$message' successfully committed"
128}
129
130function push() {``
131 echo "running... git push origin $(get_branch)"
132 git push origin $(get_branch)
133}
134
135function rebase-push() {
136 echo "running... git push origin $(get_branch)"
137 git push -f origin $(get_branch)
138}
139
140function newb() {
141 project=""
142 jiraNumber=""
143 branchType=""
144 branchName=""
145
146 echo "${BBlue}Select Project: "
147 select opts in "MMR" "RC"; do
148 case $opts in
149 "MMR" )
150 project="MMR"
151 break;;
152 "RC" )
153 project="RC"
154 break;;
155 "exit" )
156 echo "Exiting"
157 break;;
158 * ) echo "invalid option";;
159 esac
160 done
161
162 echo -n "${BBlue}Enter Jira Number: "
163 read -r jiraNumber
164
165 echo "${BBlue}Select Branch Type: "
166 select opts in "feature" "bugfix" "hotfix" "release" "exit"; do
167 case $opts in
168 "feature" )
169 branchType="feature"
170 break;;
171 "bugfix" )
172 branchType="bugfix"
173 break;;
174 "hotfix" )
175 branchType="hotfix"
176 break;;
177 "release" )
178 branchType="release"
179 break;;
180 "exit" )
181 echo "Exiting"
182 break;;
183 * ) echo "invalid option";;
184 esac
185 done
186
187 echo -n "${BBlue}Enter Branch Name: "
188 read -r branchName
189
190 echo "${BBlue}Creating new branch with name: $branchType/$project-$jiraNumber-$branchName"
191 git checkout -b "$branchType/$project-$jiraNumber-$branchName"
192}
193
194function renameb() {
195 if [ $# -lt 3 ]
196 then
197 echo "THIS IS RISKY: BACK UP LOCAL CODE FIRST! > Usage: $funcstack[1] <Old-Branch-Name> <New-Branch-Name>"
198 return
199 fi
200
201 git branch -m $1 $2
202 git push origin --delete $1
203 git branch --unset-upstream $2
204 git push origin $2
205 git push origin -u $2
206}
207
208function rebase() {
209 git pull --rebase
210}
211
212function continue() {
213 git rebase --continue
214}
215
216# Frontend Commands
217dev() {
218 echo -e "${BBlue}Starting frontend server"
219 npm run dev
220}
221
222start() {
223 echo -e "${BBlue}Starting frontend server"
224 npm run start
225}
226
227alias reinstall='rm -rf node_modules/ && rm package-lock.json && npm ci'
228
229
230# Python Django Commands
231pyinstall() {
232 echo -e "${BBlue}Installing django dependencies"
233 python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
234}
235
236pyenv() {
237 echo -e "${BBlue}Starting python virtual environment"
238 source venv/bin/activate
239}
240
241pyrun() {
242 echo -e "${BBlue}Starting django server"
243 python3 manage.py runserver
244}
245
246pymigrate() {
247 echo -e "${BBlue}Making django migration files"
248 python3 manage.py makemigration
249
250 echo -e "${BBlue}Migrating migration files to DB"
251 python3 manage.py migrate
252}
253
254function help() {
255
256 echo -e "\n"
257 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
258 echo "Rupert's Bash Scripts --Help"
259 echo -e "\n"
260 echo -e "Command: pulld\n Args: None\n Result: Does a git fetch and pull of dev branch\n\n"
261 echo -e "Command: pullt\n Args: None\n Result: Does a git fetch and pull of test branch\n\n"
262 echo -e "Command: pullm\n Args: None\n Result: Does a git fetch and pull of master branch\n\n"
263 echo -e "Command: add\n Args: None\n Result: Adds all files to Git, Returns git status\n\n"
264 echo -e "Command: commit\n Args: <Jira Number> <Commit Message>\n Result: Commits files with prefix 'project-'\n\n"
265 echo -e "Command: push\n Args: None\n Result: Set's local branch as upstream branch, pushes to remote\n\n"
266 echo -e "Command: newb\n Args: <Jira Number> <Type> <New-Branch-Name>\n Result: Creates a new branch with prefix 'project-'\n\n"
267 echo -e "Command: renameb\n Args: <Old-Branch-Name> <New-Branch-Name>\n Result: Renames local and remote branch\n\n"
268 echo -e "Command: rebase\n Args: None\n Result: Performs a git rebase\n\n"
269 echo -e "Command: continue\n Args: None\n Result: Once rebase merge conflicts have been resolved it continues the rebase\n\n"
270 echo -e "Command: reinstall\n Args: None\n Result: Removes node_modules, package-lock and runs npm ci\n\n"
271 echo -e "Command: myip\n Args: None\n Result: Returns your IP address\n\n"
272 echo -e "Command: edit\n Args: None\n Result: Opens the .zshrc file to edit these bash scripts\n\n"
273 echo -e "Command: speedtest\n Args: None\n Result: Runs the speedtest-cli to get download/ upload speeds"
274
275 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
276 echo -e "\n"
277}
278
279joke() {
280 curl -H "Accept: text/plain" https://icanhazdadjoke.com/
281}
282function speedtest() {
283 speedtest-cli
284}
285alias myip='curl http://ipecho.net/plain; echo'
286alias edit='code $HOME/.zshrc'Conclusion
Make sure to change the command outputs to suit you and hopefully they help speed up your development workflow.
Thanks for reading!
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