Git Commands With Rust.

Description

I was first tired to manually make proper commit messages so I made this Rust script to learn the basics of Rust AND solve my problem.

When I added files to git, I use to manually make a description of what I’ve done for each file. To make it readable I am using this structure

[commit_nb] (<type> on <branch>) TL;DR Brief description

- added_file_1

	blabla

- added_file_2

	blablou

Where type can be:

• feat
• fix
• test
• chore

(The new line after the file name is important for the markdown to work)

I also wanted to make my life easier with switching branches and stashing changes.

So I made this program in order to generate this file for me from the git status –-porcelain output.

Problems

If I’ve added a file that is not needed in the commit file, I have to remove it every time. So I've made the implementation of '.commitignore' file that works EXACTLY as a '.gitignore' file.

Usage

> rust_binary_name <COMMAND> [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

Commands

-g or --generate

This command will generate the commit report file from the git status --porcelain output, without the files in the .commitignore file.

-c or --commit

This command will commit the changes with the commit message in the commit file. Can be combined with the push command.

-p or --push

This command will push the changes to the remote repository. We can also add arguments behind the command to push the changes with specific arguments.

-s or --switch

This command will ask you to select a branch to switch to. It has its own options:

• -s or --stash This option will stash the changes before switching to the branch.

• -a or --apply_stash This option will apply the stash after switching to the branch.

Generate the commit file

Let's say you have added 3 files to git.

> git status
M src/main.rs
M src/commit.rs
M src/utils.rs

You can generate the commit file with the command

> rust_binary_name -g # or --generate

This will generate this file

[commit_nb]

- src/main.rs



- src/commit.rs



- src/utils.rs

(The spaces are important for the markdown to work)

Commit the changes with the commit file message

[28] TL;DR Brief description

- src/main.rs

  blabla

- src/commit.rs

  blablou

(Once again, the spaces are important for the markdown to work)

You can commit the changes with the following commands:

• Simple commit

  > rust_binary_name -c # or --commit
  

  This will commit the changes with the commit message in the commit file.

• Commit and push

  > rust_binary_name -cp
  

  This will commit the changes with the commit message in the commit file and push the changes to the remote repository.

• Commit and push with a push arguments

  > rust_binary_name -cpa --set-upstream origin main
  

  This will commit the changes with the commit message from the file, push the changes with the given arguments for push.

Added all files with exceptions

You can add all files to the commit with specific exceptions with the following command:

> rust_binary_name -ae ./README.md ./src/main.rs

.commitignore file.

This files works exactly as the .gitignore file. If you want to ignore a file from the commit file, just add it to the .commitignore file. Works for directories too :)

Installation

To install this program, follow these steps:

• Clone the repository
• Go to the repository folder
• Run the following command

  > cargo build --release
  

• Alias the binary to a command of your choice in your shell config file
  • For example, in my .config/fish/config.fish file I have this line

    alias commit="my_path_to_my_repo/target/release/git_commit_with_rust"
    

  • You can also add the binary to your path

    > export PATH=$PATH:~/Documents/Programming/Rust/git_commit_with_rust/target/release