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| title | description | published | date | tags | editor | dateCreated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Git Commits | A simple set of scripts to enable a Git commit & push whenever entering a tracked directory | true | 2022-04-30T20:10:22.327Z | git, maintanence | markdown | 2021-09-02T08:23:55.501Z |
Automatic Git Commits
This techique is being phased out from Takahe - I didn't like it for home use. However, it is useful and may prove useful again - hence this page. {.is-warning}
Created for a non-Git savvy folk at work, the Takahe runs a pair of elegant Git auto commit scripts - the GitDaemon and the GitUpstreamer. After some modification, below is an outline on how these scripts work.
The first foothold is under the shell's profile - in our case, each user's ~/.zshrc file (you are using ohmyzsh, right?). If you look at the Environment Variables section at the bottom, you'll find the following:
### Environment Variables ###
export SCRIPTS="/home/shmick/Scripts"
source "$SCRIPTS/GitDaemon"
The Git Daemon script is a replacement that latches onto the cd command - it first executes normal cd and then finds out whether the directory is under Git.
The Git Upstreamer is what actually does the auto-commit - simply by quering the git command's output and committing to the set remote. This, of course, relies on a working set up remote.
You need to be aware of the following:
- The scripts only run on directories with a file named .autocommit. Git is common, and I want to be in control of what goes upstream, to avoid awkward situations.
- The scripts adds all files in the folder, and thus relies on a proper .gitignore file. If you had not explicitly ignored it - they will commit it!
- The scripts' only toggle is via the shell profile. No shell profile - no scripts.
Under Git Automatic commits
- Shells
- under
/home/and/etc/zsh
- under
- Docker compose files
- Excluding Grocy, the Minecraft server, Pi-Hole and Portainer
- Linux Kernel configs (This doesn't really matter - I put them there, but whatever)