Not really a meditation this is but more of shell scripting code contribution related to git ...

#  Some git commands for use in bourne-like shells;
#  some could be aliases.

gshow_old_branch()
{
  local old
  old=$( git branch )

  printf "##  Moving from %s\n" "${old}" >&2
}

gmerge()
{
  git mergetool
}

gcon()
{
  git rebase --continue
}

gskip()
{
  git rebase --skip
}

gabort()
{
  git rebase --abort
}

ghard()
{
  git reset --hard $@
}

gwhere()
{
  git branch
}

ghelp()
{
  git "${1}" --help
}

gadjust()
{
  git rebase -i $@
}

grephrase()
{
  git commit --amend
}

gcd()
{
  case $# in
    0 )
      printf "Need a branch to change to\n" >&2
      return 1
    ;;

    * )
      git checkout "$1"
    ;;
  esac
}

gupdate()
{
  gshow_old_branch
  git checkout master \
  && git pull --rebase
}

gplop()
{
  case $# in
    0 | 1 )
      printf "Need a branch to change and a branch to rebase on\n" >&2
      exit 1
    ;;

    * )
    ;;
  esac

  set +x

  local in="$1"
  local out="$2"

  git checkout "$out" && git rebase "$in"
  [ $? -eq 0 ] || return

  case $# in
    2 )
    ;;

    * )
      shift
      shift
      set -- $out $@
  set +x
      gplop $@
    ;;
  esac
}

glastmerge()
{
  git ci -a -m '#  (merge with previous)' \
  && git rebase -i HEAD^^
}

gpick()
{
  for m in $@
  do
    git cherry-pick "${m}" || break
  done
}

gitm()
{
  date='last 5 months'

  gitk --all --date-order --since="$date" $@
}

gdiff()
{
  git diff $@
}

gpatch()
{
  git diff --no-color $@
}

gmovetag()
{
  local tag pos

  case $# in
    0 | 1 )
      printf "Need both an tag to move and the new location.\n" >&1
      exit 1
    ;;

    * )
      tag="${1}"
      pos="${2}"
    ;;
  esac

  set +x

  git tag -d "${tag}"
  git tag -a "${tag}" "${pos}" -m 'Reset mark.'

  set +x
}
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Let me know please if comments may be needed for some of the functions.