PreFixIt

A lightweight Swift-based CLI tool that automatically prefixes your Git commit messages with the current branch name. This ensures better traceability of commits by associating them with their respective branches.

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Installation

1. Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/jwritescode1/PreFixIt
cd PreFixIt

2. Build the executable:

swift build -c release

3. Copy the executable to your PATH. This should allow you to run PreFixIt in your Terminal

cp .build/release/PreFixIt /usr/local/bin/PreFixIt

Git Hook setup

PreFixIt was designed in mind to work with Git hook. This would allow the PreFixIt to run whenever you make a commit automatically. You can either set the steps below in your centralised git hook or per repository. For simplicity, below are the steps required to setup per repository:

1. Navigate to your project repository:

cd /path/to/your/git/repository

2. Setup prepare-commit-message:

nano .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg

3. Add the following content:

#!/bin/sh
exec PreFixIt "$1"

If you prefer to see the logs when PreFixIt gets to work, add the following content instead:

#!/bin/sh
exec PreFixIt -v "$1"

4. Save and exit by Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl + X

5. Provide permission to ensure the file is executable:

chmod +x .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg

Once the setup is done, you should be able to commit as per normal and PreFixIt would automatically be able to prefix your commit messages with your current branch name.