Search and jump to PRs, issues, branches, and commits from your terminal
Everything you need for faster GitHub workflow
Search PRs, issues, branches, and commits in order of relevance with fuzzy matching
Open search results directly in your browser with the --open flag
Checkout PR branches and switch between branches in seconds
List, create, switch, and delete branches with intuitive commands
Push code safely with force-with-lease, upstream tracking, and more
Quick status checks with ahead/behind commit counts and tracked changes
Fetch all remotes and pull updates in a single command
Built with pure bash - minimal overhead, maximum performance
Search specific types: PR, issue, branch, or commit
Master ghxgit with these essential commands
ghx jump <query>
Search for PR, issue, branch, or commit
ghx jump <query> --open
Open result in browser
ghx jump <query> --checkout
Checkout branch immediately
ghx jump <query> --type pr
Search only PRs
ghx branch list
List all branches
ghx branch switch <name>
Switch with fuzzy search
ghx branch create <name>
Create new branch
ghx branch delete <name>
Delete branch safely
ghx push
Push with smart options
ghx push --force-with-lease
Safe force push
ghx pull --rebase
Pull with rebase
ghx sync
Fetch & pull everything
ghx status
Show git status
ghx log [limit]
Show recent commits
ghx branch
Show current branch
ghx --version
Show version
Real-world workflows to boost your productivity
$ ghx jump OPS-123 [pr] Increase timeout during auth Number: 456 Branch: feature/increase-timeout URL: https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/456 $ ghx jump OPS-123 --open # Opens in browser automatically
$ ghx jump "authentication" --type pr --checkout ✓ Successfully checked out: feature/authentication
$ ghx branch list Local branches: =============== * main (abc1234) develop (def5678) feature/dashboard (ghi9012) $ ghx branch switch feature # Switched to branch 'feature/dashboard'
$ ghx branch create feature/new-widget ✓ Created and switched to branch: feature/new-widget $ ghx branch delete old-feature ✓ Deleted branch: old-feature
$ ghx status Branch: feature/dashboard Status: M src/dashboard.js A src/components/Widget.js Commits: 📤 2 commit(s) ahead of origin $ ghx push -u # Pushes and sets upstream
$ ghx sync Fetching all remotes... Pulling latest changes... $ ghx log 5 # Shows last 5 commits
$ ghx jump OPS-123 --checkout ✓ Successfully checked out: feature/increase-timeout $ ghx log 3 # Review the commits in the PR
$ ghx branch switch main # Switched to branch 'main' $ ghx sync # Update with latest changes
Get started in minutes
Make sure you have these installed:
# Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/jay-panickerLJ/ghxgit.git cd ghxgit # Run the installer bash install.sh
Add to your ~/.zshrc:
autoload -Uz compinit && compinit
Then restart your shell:
exec zsh
ghx --version
ghxgit v0.2.0
brew install gh jq fzf
# Debian/Ubuntu sudo apt install gh jq fzf # Fedora sudo dnf install gh jq fzf
sudo install -m 0755 bin/ghx /usr/local/bin/ghx
# ZSH completions
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
sudo install -m 0644 completions/zsh/_ghx \
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_ghx
Level up your GitHub workflow
Replace multiple browser tabs and commands with quick CLI searches
Never leave your terminal. Context switching is the enemy of productivity
Automate common Git workflows with intuitive commands
Smart confirmations and safe-by-default options prevent accidents
ghxgit is a Bash script that works on any POSIX-compliant shell. ZSH completions are included. Bash and Fish completions are planned for future versions.
Yes! ghxgit uses the GitHub CLI which respects your authentication. Simply run gh auth login to authenticate with your GitHub account.
Yes, on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Install WSL2 first, then follow the Linux installation instructions.
Enterprise support is planned for v0.3.0. For now, you can configure GitHub CLI to work with Enterprise using gh auth login with a custom hostname.
Currently, ghxgit searches only the current repository. Multi-repo search is on the roadmap for v0.3.0.
Simply remove the installed files:
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/ghx
sudo rm /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_ghxJoin developers who are using ghxgit to work faster and smarter