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Daily Workflow Cheatsheet

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Daily Workflow Cheatsheet

Morning Startup #

  1. Open terminal session

    • Alt+Space → Open workspace session
    • Or Alt+T → Workspace in current directory

  2. Check status

    • gs → Git status
    • gitui → Review changes
    • Alt+Shift+F → Open gitui in popup

  3. Open project

    • Ctrl+P → Find files with telescope
    • Ctrl+T → Open todo list session

File Operations #

Task Method
Find file Ctrl+T (fzf) or Ctrl+P (telescope)
Navigate directories Alt+C (fzf cd) or lf
Quick edit nvim $(fzf)
File preview lf → Space for preview

Common Patterns #

Working on New Feature #

# 1. Create feature branch
git checkout -b feature-name

# 2. Work on files
nvim $(fzf)  # Find and open files

# 3. Commit changes
gitui        # Stage and commit

# 4. Push branch
git push -u origin feature-name

File Management Workflow #

# 1. Navigate with lf
lf

# 2. Quick operations in lf:
#    v → select files → y → copy
#    d → move to trash
#    Space → preview files

Search & Replace #

# Search in files
Ctrl+F (telescope live grep)

# Find files by name
Ctrl+P (telescope find files)

# Command line search
rg "pattern" | nvim -  # Edit results

Session Management #

Project Switching #

Key Action
Alt+Space Popup: workspace session
Ctrl+J Fuzzy-find any session
Alt+T Workspace in current dir
Alt+G Quick scratch session

Window Management #

Task Key
New terminal Ctrl+T in tmux
Split horizontal tmux: Prefix+"
Split vertical tmux: Prefix+%
Switch panes tmux: Prefix+hjkl

Productivity Shortcuts #

Quick Commands #

Task Command
Edit config nvim ~/.zshrc
Source config source ~/.zshrc
System update sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Check tools mise list

Shell Aliases #

Alias Command
l ls -la
la ls -A
g git
gs git status
k kubectl
dc docker-compose

Git Workflow #

Daily Commit Pattern #

# 1. Check what changed
gs

# 2. Stage changes
gitui    # Visual staging

# 3. Commit
# In gitui: Space files → c → type message → Enter

# 4. Push to remote
git push

Branch Management #

# Switch branches
git checkout branch-name

# Create new branch
git checkout -b feature-name

# Sync with main
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git checkout feature-branch
git merge main

End of Day #

Clean Up #

  1. Commit all work

    • gs → check status
    • gitui → stage and commit
    • git push → sync to remote

  2. Save session

    • tmux sessions persist automatically
    • Clean up temporary scratch sessions

  3. Update notes

    • Ctrl+T → todo session
    • Update doing.md/done.md

Troubleshooting Quick Fixes #

Merge Conflicts #

# Edit conflicts
nvim $(git diff --name-only | head -1)

# Or use gitui
gitui  # Shows conflicted files, press e to edit

File Recovery #

# Restore deleted file
git checkout HEAD -- filename

# Undo last commit (keep changes)
git reset --soft HEAD~1

# Discard all local changes
git reset --hard HEAD

Quick Reference Card #

Session: Alt+Space → select Files: Ctrl+T → find → Enter Edit: nvim filename Git: gitui → Space files → c Search: Ctrl+F → type → Enter Todo: Ctrl+T (tmux todo session)