git-commander

Make your own git commands.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'git-commander'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install git-commander

Usage

All commands you register can be run using git cmd ....

Registering a new command is as easy as creating a new Workflow file in your git-root's directory (or organize them in a .git-commands directory). Example:

# ~/git-root/.git-commands/current.rb

plugin :system

command :current do |cmd|
  cmd.summary "Outputs all commits not on the base branch"
  cmd.argument :base_branch, default: "master"

  cmd.on_run do |options|
    current_branch = system.run "git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD"
    system.run "git log #{options[:base_branch]}..#{current_branch} --format=\"%C(auto)%h %s %C(#999999)%ar\" --color"
  end
end

In the above example, we:

Use the native system plugin. This gives us access to an instance of System inside of our on_run block.
Creates a new git cmd current :base_branch command and runs everything in the on_run block when we execute it (passing the :base_branch in the options)

cmd can configure multiple argument, flag, switch options, and a default: 'some value' can be set for any. A long-form description can also be set for your commands for use in the command's help text: git cmd help current.

You can define multiple commands in a single file if you wish, but it is recommended to keep commands contained to their own file.

Gem usage

Command declaration files can include their own inline gems:

gemfile do
  source "https://rubygems.org"
  gem "octokit"
end

Plugins

Git-commander is built with the intention of being extended. To make things flexible, there is a plugin architecture that allows you to define new top-level methods that can be available inside of your command's on_run blocks.

As a simple example, if you wanted access to a github method to perform API calls, you can use the octokit gem to do this:

# .git-commands/plugins/github.rb
gemfile do
  source "https://rubygems.org"
  gem "octokit"
end

Octokit::Client.new

Then in a new command, use the new github plugin:

plugin :github

command :prs do |cmd|
  cmd.summary "Lists all open GitHub PullRequests for the git-commander repo"

  cmd.on_run do |cmd|
    github.pull_requests("codenamev/git-commander", state: "open").each do |pr|
      say "@#{pr.user.login} #{pr.title} – #{pr.html_url}"
    end
  end
end

Name of the plugin

As mentioned in the simple example above, the filename of the plugin defines the keyword that will be available within the on_run blocks of your commands. Plugins must be added to your .git-commands/plugins directory, and the file extension must be .rb. Whatever you name the file becomes the name used internally to reference it. So if you name your plugin some-awesome-plugin.rb, you will have to reference it as plugin 'some-awesome-plugin'.

Gem dependencies

Just like commands, you can include third-party gems using Bundler's inline helpers.

Plugin dependencies

Also the same as with commands, plugins can also define other plugins as dependencies. We include the following plugins natively:

Plugin-specific commands

Plugins can also define their own commands. These commands will be namespaced to the name of the plugin. So the following plugin would allow you to run git cmd github:setup.

gemfile do
  source "https://rubygems.org"
  gem "octokit"
end

plugin :prompt

command :setup do |cmd|
  cmd.summary "Connects to GitHub, creates an access token, and stores it in the git-cmd section of your git config"

  cmd.on_run do
    gh_user = prompt.ask("Please enter your GitHub username", required: true)
    gh_password = promt.mask("Please enter your GitHub password (this is NOT stored): ", required: true)

    github.login = gh_user
    github.password = gh_password

    # Check for 2-factor requirements
    begin
      client.user
    rescue Octokit::Unauthorized
      github.user(
        gh_user,
        headers: { "X-GitHub-OTP" => prompt.ask("Please enter your two-factor authentication code") }
      )
    end

    say "GitHub account successfully setup!"
  end
end

Octokit::Client.new

The plugin instance

When plugins are loaded, their content is evaluated in the context of the Plugin::Loader class. Whatever the file returns (the last line evaluated) is stored as the plugin's instance. In this way, whenever you reference the plugin from within a command's on_run, you are referencing the same instance that was returned from evaluating the plugin's file.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the GitCommander project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.