Scripting Git Updates

July 27, 2025

I was updating Dashatron today to fix some issues I’d been having, and I kept remembering things I needed to do after pushing the commit. So I threw together a bash script to make the whole process easier — something I could run at the end of a work session that handles the common Git steps I always forget.

I mostly work in VS Code, so this is a simple script I can drop into a project folder, add to .gitignore, and run from the terminal. Sure, there’s probably a better way to do everything this script does — but where’s the fun in that?

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Step by Step

This isn’t based on Git best practices — just the usual flow I tend to follow:

1. git diff — checks for changes and exits if there are none
2. git status — shows changes and prompts for version bump type
3. npm version — bumps the version (patch/minor) based on your input
4. npm update — updates dependencies
5. git add . — stages all changes
6. git commit -m — commits with a message you provide

It doesn’t auto-push — I like to leave that as a final manual step in case I think of another change or spot a mistake.

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gitkwik.sh

Here’s the script. Save this as gitkwik.sh and make it executable with:

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#!/bin/bash

set -e

echo "Checking for changes..."
if git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet; then
  echo "Working directory clean. No changes to commit. Exiting."
  exit 0
fi

echo "Detected changes:"
git status -s
echo ""

echo "What kind of version bump do you want to apply?"
select bump in "patch" "minor" "no version change" "cancel"; do
  case $bump in
    patch|minor)
      echo "Running npm version $bump..."
      npm version $bump || { echo "Version bump failed."; exit 1; }
      break
      ;;
    "no version change")
      echo "Skipping version bump..."
      break
      ;;
    cancel)
      echo "Cancelled."
      exit 0
      ;;
    *)
      echo "Invalid selection."
      ;;
  esac
done

echo "Updating dependencies..."
npm update

echo ""
read -p "Enter your commit message: " commit_message

echo "Staging changes..."
git add .

echo "Committing..."
git commit -m "$commit_message"

echo "Done! Ready to push when you're ready."