Automatic Xcode Git Commit Prompts [closed]

Question

I easily forget to regularly make local git commits, and so i've developed the bad habit of having a few very large commits. I'd really like to make lots of small commits. Largely so the messages are more explicit.

I know myself well enough to know that this isn't just going to magically happen by me remembering. I'm more likely to be successful if I implement a system that pushes me to do this.

Here's what I'd like, either an Xcode plugin, an Applescript or an xCode behavior trigger that systematically initiates the commit command (cmd-option c) within Xcode (or i suppose i'd explore alternatives, but it'd be nice to stay within xCode). It can do this either based on the number of files changed, or amount of time elapsed, or possibly on a "build and run" or any other reasonable behavior. At any rate, i'd like for it to be somewhat configurable and where it could be enabled and disabled easily.

So is there something this already out there? If not, do you have any guidance on how I might get started with a potential solution.

Answer 1

Interesting Question

You might want to extrapolate from the following code found on this website. One might generate a unique but standardized text message combined with a folder name/date combination as the automated commit message or take the script and make it runnable to accept a parameter as input with the message being the parameter. I suppose though that might be as much work as typing git commit in the terminal. Instead you may want to use this script in combination with Folder Actions to monitor activity on a folder with the script acting as a service.

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tell application "Finder"
    set current_path to (POSIX path of (target of front window as alias))
    set commit_message to text returned of (display dialog "Commit message: " buttons {"Cancel", "Commit"} with title "Commit All" cancel button "Cancel" default button "Commit" default answer "")
    try
        do shell script ("cd \"" & current_path & "\"; git commit -am" & quoted form of commit_message)
    on error the_error
        display dialog the_error buttons {"OK"} with icon caution with title "Error"
    end try
end tell