Commands
Every gitpanda command, its options and examples.
gitpanda <command> [<args>] [--options]Run gitpanda help for this list in your terminal, or just gitpanda to see where you are and what to
do next. Options can go before or after arguments; -am "msg" combines short options.
Sign in#
login#
Sign in. Opens your browser to approve, and connects every company you tick.
gitpanda login
gitpanda login --key # paste an API key instead (hidden)
gitpanda login --key opk_… # or pass it
gitpanda login --host https://staging.okaypanda.pages.dev| Option | |
|---|---|
--key [opk_…] |
Sign in with an API key. |
--host <url> |
Sign in to another OkayPanda server. |
logout [repo]#
Forget the saved key for one company, or all of them, on this computer. Revoke keys in the app to stop them everywhere.
whoami#
The account, company, role and scopes in use here, and the repository's address.
repos#
Every panda repo you're signed in to: web and app links, local clones, your role and scopes. See Repositories.
use <repo>#
Set the default company for commands run outside a clone.
info#
Inside a clone: the company, web address, folder, branch, unpushed commits, last pull and account. Anywhere: the tool's version, whether a newer one is out, and where it's installed.
Work with a repository#
clone <repo> [dir]#
Download a company's repository into dir (default: the repository's name). The folder must be empty
or not exist. repo is a name from gitpanda repos.
status (alias st)#
What you changed: staged, not staged, new documents, deleted, and read-only files you edited. Also says how many commits are waiting to be pushed.
diff [paths]#
Changes not yet staged, line by line, as a unified diff.
| Option | |
|---|---|
--staged (or --cached) |
Show staged changes instead. |
add <paths>#
Stage changes for the next commit. Paths can be files, folders or . for everything. Read-only files
are skipped with a note, and only Markdown under docs/ or <room>/docs/ can be added.
| Option | |
|---|---|
-A, . |
Everything. |
-v |
Say how many files were staged. |
reset [paths]#
Unstage files (all of them with no paths). Your edits stay.
restore <paths>#
Throw away your edits and put back the last pulled (or staged, or committed) version.
| Option | |
|---|---|
--staged |
Unstage instead of discarding. |
commit [-m "message"] (alias ci)#
Record staged changes with a message, which appears in the company's history. Without -m, the AI
writes one from your changes and asks you to keep it or type your own.
| Option | |
|---|---|
-m "message" |
The message. |
-a |
Stage every changed document first (not new files). Combine as -am "message". |
push#
Send your commits, oldest first. Each document gets a new version with the commit's message. A document changed in OkayPanda since you pulled is refused (see Conflicts).
| Option | |
|---|---|
--force |
Replace changes made since your pull with yours. |
--review |
Have the AI review your commits first. |
pull#
Get your team's changes. Never overwrites your edits: conflicting versions are saved as <file>.theirs.
| Option | |
|---|---|
--force |
Take their version even where you've made edits. |
fetch#
Check what's new without changing anything. The prompt shows the count as ↓n.
sync -m "message"#
Stage everything you can send (including new documents), commit, pull and push.
| Option | |
|---|---|
-m "message" |
The commit message. Without it, one is written from the files' names. |
--force |
Passed to push. |
log [path]#
The history: who changed what and why. 🐼 marks AI employees; unpushed commits come first.
| Option | |
|---|---|
--oneline |
One line per change. |
-n <count> |
How many (default 12, or 30 with --oneline). |
show <commit | file | G-n>#
A commit (with its file, or its diff if it isn't pushed), a file from OkayPanda, or a goal.
cat <path>#
Print a file from OkayPanda.
branch#
Shows * main and any unpushed commits. GitPanda has one line of history; checkout and switch
explain the same.
remote [-v]#
The repository's address (origin).
open#
Open the repository (or the app, outside a clone) in your browser.
init#
Explains that repositories come from OkayPanda: use clone.
Just say it#
gitpanda "what you want, in plain words"
gitpanda do "…" # the same, explicitlyThe AI turns it into one command and shows it first. Questions run at once; changes ask
(--yes to skip, needed in scripts). A single mistyped word gets "Did you mean" instead.
| Shortcut | Same as |
|---|---|
save ["message"] |
sync -m "message" (the AI writes it if you leave it out) |
get |
pull |
st / ci |
status / commit |
A team inside your repository#
See A team inside your repository.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
check |
Contradictions, stale and empty documents, broken links, rooms without docs, and a score. |
check --fix [--all] |
Hand high and medium issues (or all) to the rooms that own them. --yes skips the question. |
request <file> "what" |
The owning room changes the document; it arrives as a new version. --watch, --auto. |
request <room> "what" |
The room writes something new. |
why <file> |
Every version, who made it, and the goal and task behind it. |
now |
Who's working on what right now. (status shows it too.) |
AI in your repository#
See AI in your repository for the full story.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
ask "question" |
The repository answers, citing its files. --docs to never treat the first word as a room. |
search "words" |
Full-text search with matching lines. -n <count>. |
commit (no -m) |
The AI writes the message; Enter keeps it, or type your own. -y keeps it without asking. |
review |
An AI review of everything changed since your last pull. |
push --review |
Review, then push (asks first if there are issues). |
edit <file> "change" |
The AI makes the change in your file and shows the diff. --undo puts it back. |
explain <file> |
What a document is, what matters in it, and questions to ask. |
recap |
What changed and who did it. --days <n> (default 7). |
contributors |
People and AI employees, with their number of changes. |
Your AI team#
See Your AI team for the full story.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
rooms |
Rooms, leads, staff, and what's running and open. |
ask <room> "text" |
Ask a room's lead. Asking for work queues a task. (ask "text" alone asks the repository.) |
goal "text" |
Give the company a goal. --room <room>, --watch, --auto. |
goals |
Open goals with progress. --all for every goal. |
show G-n |
One goal: tasks, questions, approvals, pull requests, files, latest message. |
watch G-n |
Watch a goal's work live. |
say G-n "text" |
Talk to a goal: questions, updates, more work. |
files G-n |
Download the files a goal made. --out <dir>. |
approvals |
What's waiting on you. |
approve <id> |
Approve. -m "note". |
decline <id> |
Decline. -m "why". |
code "text" --repo owner/name |
An engineer writes it and opens a pull request. --room, --auto, --no-watch. See Code. |
The tool#
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
gitpanda |
Where you are and what to do next. |
help (or --help) |
Every command. |
version (or --version) |
Your version, and whether a newer one is out. |
upgrade |
Update to the latest version in place. |
shell [zsh|bash] |
Print the prompt snippet. --install adds it to your rc file; --yes skips the question. |
prompt |
The prompt segment itself. --shell zsh|bash for that shell's escapes. |
Exit codes#
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 |
It worked. |
1 |
It didn't: the message says why (not signed in, refused, conflict, not found…). |
2 |
A mistyped command ("Did you mean"). |