hitch

by Rogelio J. Samour
http://blog.therubymug.com

Description:

Hitch allows developers to be properly credited when Pair Programming and using Git.

Features:

• Persists pair(s) between different terminal instances.
• Creates a unique email address for the pair. (e.g. dev+fry+leela@hashrocket.com) This provides the ability to create a Gravatar for the pair.

Synopsis:

• For leela and fry to pair:
  • hitch leela fry
• To clear pair info:
  • hitch -u
• For a complete list of features:
  • hitch -h
• Creating a Gravatar for your pair:
  • Once I've hitched with my pair. (e.g. hitch leela fry) I have now created a unique email: dev+fry+leela@hashrocket.com
  • Then, I go to gravatar.com. Add an image to that particular email address and I'm done.

Install:

• gem install hitch
• rvm users run this:

for x in $(rvm list strings); do rvm use $x@global && gem install hitch; done

• hitch --setup >> ~/.bashrc
  • this prints out the necessary shell function and aliases you need to add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
• Or copy/paste the following into your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

hitch() {
  command hitch "$@"
  if [[ -s "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ]] ; then source "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ; fi
}
alias unhitch='hitch -u'
# Uncomment to persist pair info between terminal instances
# hitch

Development:

• It's easier if you use rvm.
• Fork hitch
• When you cd into the directory the .rvmrc will activate and create a hitch gemset
• gem install bundler --pre
• bundle install
• rake # run the test suite

Requirements:

• Git, HighLine

Acknowledgements:

• Stephen Caudill
• Les Hill
• Tim Pope

License:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2010 Rogelio J. Samour

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.