Stacking (Graphite CLI)

Viewing your stack

Task Command Short Form
See full information about your branches, PRs, and worktree locations gt log
See all of your branches gt log short gt ls

Creating and modifying branches

Task Command Short Form
Create a new branch gt create gt c
Create a branch on top of a branch checked out in another worktree gt create --onto <branch>
Create a branch, stage all, commit with message gt create --all --message "message" gt c -am "message"
Amend staged changes to current branch gt modify gt m
Stage all changes and amend them to current branch gt modify --all gt m -a
Add a new commit to current branch gt modify --commit gt m -c
Stage all changes and add a new commit to current branch with message gt modify --commit --all --message "message" gt m -cam "message"
Amend staged changes to a downstack branch gt modify --into gt m --into

Syncing and submitting

Task Command Short Form
Pull trunk, clean up merged branches, restack gt sync
Push current branch and all downstack branches to remote and create/update PRs gt submit
Push all branches in current stack to remote and create/update PRs gt submit --stack gt ss
Only push branches and update PRs for branches that already have PRs open gt submit --stack --update-only gt ss -u

Navigating your stack

Task Command Short Form
Switch to a specific branch gt checkout gt co
Move up one branch gt up gt u
Move down one branch gt down gt d
Move up/down multiple branches gt up 3, gt down 2 gt u 3, gt d 2
Go to the top of the stack gt top gt t
Go to the bottom of the stack gt bottom gt b

Reorganizing your stack

Task Command Short Form
Move branch to a new parent gt move
Fold branch into its parent gt fold
Delete branch but keep changes in working tree gt pop
Reorder branches in your stack gt reorder
Split branch into multiple branches gt split gt sp
Squash all commits in branch into one gt squash gt sq
Distribute staged changes to downstack branches by amending relevant commits gt absorb gt ab

Recovery

Task Command Short Form
Undo the most recent Graphite mutation gt undo

Tracking branches

Task Command Short Form
Start tracking an existing Git branch with Graphite gt track gt tr
Stop tracking a branch gt untrack gt utr

Collaborating

Task Command Short Form
Fetch a teammate’s stack locally gt get
Freeze a branch to prevent accidental edits gt freeze
Unfreeze a branch gt unfreeze