git_auto_commit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

#A simple script to automatically commit changes in script's directory at a specified interval. I use this mainly for document versioning.

import subprocess, time, os, datetime, sys


#Change this variable to set a different commit interval
interval = 300  # secs

#Check whether git is installed, if not exit the script
exit_code = os.system('git > /dev/null')

if (exit_code % 256) != 0: 
    print('Git not installed or not in PATH variable. Refer to http://git-scm.com/ (for Linux and Mac) or http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ (for Windows) for installation instructions')
    sys.exit()

while True:
    
    commit_time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%A, %d. %B %Y %I:%M%p")
    os.system("git add .")
    command = "git commit -m 'Saved at %s'" % commit_time
    os.system(command)
    print("Changed committed at %s") % commit_time
    time.sleep(interval)