Making a commit
Last updated on Jan 06, 2021
After doing any merge, the next step is to diff and commit the update to the master ledger repo.
$ cd ~/Development/ledger-private-data
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: master.ledger
First, diff it to make sure everything looks good:
git diff master.ledger
If there are problems, you may edit the master ledger directly in your favorite text editor. That’s one of the best parts of plain-text accounting!
You may also want to check the balances:
bash ~/Development/ledger-scripts/balance.sh
You can also query specific account registers using register.sh. The first argument is a simple substring match for accounts to return in the result. Thus, you can use account number shorthand easily if your accounts contain them:
bash ~/Development/ledger-scripts/register.sh 1234
bash ~/Development/ledger-scripts/register.sh Account:Name
Once you’re satisfied, commit it!
cd ~/Development/ledger-private-data
git add master.ledger
git commit -m "Add transactions from Oct-2020 statement for FooBank 1234 account."
Periodically, I create a fresh expense report to review how the household budget is holding up.