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Keeping gh-pages branch in sync with master

For github project pages that are simply websites hosted on github pages like this one I have found it a bit annoying to constantly merge master with gh-pages branch. I could simply stay on the gh-pages branch ignoring master, but I really prefer to work on master. Guess It’s a small OCD tendency I have..

git shove

There are a number of ways to solve this. Like a git commit hook that merges, followed by a push –all. But I prefer setting an alias for it:

[alias]
    shove = !git push origin master && git push origin master:gh-pages

Now all I have to to to push both master and gh-pages while keeping them in sync is just to do a normal commit followed by git shove:

   (master) $ git ci -m "updated post"
[master b6806c3] updated post
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
   (master) $ git shove
Counting objects: 7, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 822 bytes, done.
Total 4 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git@github.com:kenglxn/42cents.git
   e570bf9..b6806c3  master -> master
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git@github.com:kenglxn/42cents.git
   e570bf9..b6806c3  master -> gh-pages
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