Commit under pair-programming

git-co-commit

#!/bin/sh
#
# Install into e.g. ~/bin/git-co-commit
#
# Yes, this creates a 'git co-commit' sub-command even though the binary is called 'git-co-commit'.

case "$1" in
  "--halp")
    cat <<EOF
Usage: git co-commit --halp
Usage: git co-commit [--person] ...

EOF
    exit 1
    ;;
  "--alan")
    coauthor="Alan Szepieniec <alan@neptune.cash>"
    ;;
  "--thor")
    coauthor="sword-smith <thor@neptune.cash>"
    ;;
  "--simon")
    coauthor="Simon Shine <simon@neptune.cash>"
    ;;
  "--einar")
    coauthor="Einar Rasmussen <einar@neptune.cash>"
    ;;
  "--ferdinand")
    coauthor="Ferdinand Sauer <ferdinand@neptune.cash>"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Please specify --person!"
    exit 1
esac

shift # ditch $1

git_path="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git"
commit_template_path="$git_path/coauthor-commit-template"

echo -n "\n\nCo-authored-by: $coauthor\n" > "$commit_template_path"

git config commit.template $commit_template_path
git commit $@
git config --unset commit.template