committer

committer is a Python tool that provides a simplified command-line interface to the version control systems git, mercurial, and subversion.

Usage

- commit - commit all changes
- st - status: show all changes
- update - update the current directory

Commit all changes:

commit "Extracted interface."

Example: performing commit on a git repository will:

- check if the git command is executable, by executing git --version
- execute git pull
- execute git commit -a -m "Extracted interface."
- execute git push

Increment the version before committing:

commit "Added new feature" ++

The second argument "++" tells the script to increment the version within build.py

Show all changes:

st

This will execute the "status" command known by all version control systems.

Update:

update

Example: performing update on a mercurial repository will:

- check if the hg command is executable, by executing: hg --version --quiet
- execute hg pull
- execute hg up

Help

commit help

The help argument works on all commands.

Version Information

update --version

Displays the committer version information. Works on all commands.

Installation

Using pip

sudo pip install committer

or

sudo pip install https://github.com/downloads/aelgru/committer/committer-0.0.58.tar.gz

Using easy_install

easy_install https://github.com/downloads/aelgru/committer/committer-0.0.58.tar.gz

Micro Commits

Committing in a high frequency has advantages:

- prevents merging,
- makes code reviews easier, and
- commit messages for smaller commits "tell a story".

Alternatives

If you do not like the workflow committer implies, maybe you are interested in hg-git or git-svn.

(Thanks to Steve Klabnik for the hint)

Requirements:

• Python