Devsession VS git-fire

No features have been listed yet.

• Emergency code preservation
  git-fire provides a quick and simple way to save all your work-in-progress code in an emergency situation, such as a fire alarm or other urgent event, ensuring no code is lost.
• Simple one-command operation
  The tool works with a single command, making it extremely easy to use under stressful or time-sensitive situations where you don't want to think about proper git workflows.
• Automatic branch creation
  git-fire automatically creates a new branch with a descriptive name (including the timestamp and hostname), preventing any conflicts with existing branches and preserving the emergency commit separately.
• Commits all changes including untracked files
  Unlike a regular git commit, git-fire stages everything including untracked files, ensuring that absolutely no work is left behind when you need to evacuate.
• Pushes to all remotes
  The tool pushes your emergency commit to all configured remotes, maximizing redundancy and ensuring your code is safely backed up in multiple locations.

Possible disadvantages

• Niche use case
  The tool addresses a very specific and rare scenario (literal emergencies), making it something most developers will install but almost never actually use in practice.
• Potential for messy commit history
  Emergency commits created by git-fire are not clean or well-organized, potentially cluttering the repository's history with large, unstructured commits that need to be cleaned up later.
• False sense of security
  Having git-fire installed might give developers a false sense of security about their code, when in reality they should be committing and pushing regularly throughout the day as a best practice.
• No selective staging
  Since git-fire commits everything including untracked files, it may accidentally push sensitive files like environment variables, secrets, or credentials that should not be in the repository.
• Requires terminal access
  In a true emergency, you still need to have a terminal open and be at your computer to run the command, which may not always be practical when you need to evacuate immediately.

• Zellij - a terminal workspace and multiplexer - releases new version with Sixel support and much more

  I will even give away the devsession.is domain (which gives you the cool: my.devsession.is/bobs-session url scheme) if I deem the effort serious and trust that it will be maintained in the long run. Source: about 4 years ago

• Zellij - a terminal workspace and multiplexer - releases new version with Sixel support and much more

  If someone else wants to build this and maintain it as a service I will give this all the support I can. I tried (https://devsession.is/) and did not have the bandwidth. Source: about 4 years ago

Tracking git-fire since Apr 2026.