spenserblack / change-git-user

Manage multiple git configurations

cgu

Manage multiple git configurations

Inspired by Git-User-Switch.

Installation

# this will install the executable `cgu` and `git-change-user`
cargo install change-git-user

# enable only the cli
cargo install --no-default-features --features=cli change-git-user

# enable only prompts
cargo install --no-default-features --features=prompts change-git-user

Features

• Switch user.name and user.email config
• Assign an optional user.signingKey to the config
• Give the config a name to remember it by (e.g. "Work" or "Personal")
• Uses git2 to discover a repository and manipulate its config

Usage

NOTE You can use cgu and git change-user interchangeably.

Prompts

# This will spawn prompts to guide you through managing user configurations
cgu

CLI

If you don't want use use prompts, you can use subcommands instead. The subcommands are:

• add
• select
• delete
• view

Examples

# view CLI options
cgu --help

# view subcommand help
cgu <subcommand> --help

# Add a config with the name "My Config"
# Defaults to the user.name value ("My Name" in this example) if --name is not passed
cgu add --name "My Config" "My Name" [email protected]

# View all configs
cgu view --all

# Select the new config
cgu select "My Config"

# Delete the new config
cgu delete "My Config"

change-git-user's Issues

Allow optional compilation of prompts/cli

Allow the user to optionally turn off the prompts or CLI if they do not want these features.

Allow entering settings

dialoguer should help for creating a nice interface.

Allow user to specify data location

User should be able to override the default filepath where user data is saved/read from.

Use `.interact` instead of `.interact_text`

According to console-rs/dialoguer#128 (comment), this fixes panic on uppercase.

Save data in a set directory

Data currently saved in current directory. That shouldn't happen.

Cursor disappears with force-quit

User should be allowed to exit at any time so that they aren't forced to use ctrl+C

Input still flips out on Shift key in Windows when setting config name

All other prompts for setting user.name, user.email, and user.signingKey seem fine, but
pressing shift on the prompt to enter a name for the config still causes it to freak out.

Empty list of items error

When the config data is empty, but the file still exists, an empty set of choices is passed to the
select and delete actions, causing an error.

Delete prompt doesn't seem to work

Deleting still seems to work via CLI, but doesn't seem to save when used via prompts.

Allow user to provide an alias for the config

so they can select Foo's Config instead of Foo Bar <[email protected]>

Caps lock causes error when naming new config in Windows

Noticed in console-rs/dialoguer#128 (comment)

"Switch to this user?" prompt is shown when not in local directory

Maybe this should only display when run in a local directory, i.e. not when affecting global config 🤔 🤷

Add CLI

In case user doesn't want to bother with the question/answer format

Allow delete config(s)

dialoguer::MultiSelect

Shift key causes panic in Windows

Pending update to console and dialoguer.

Warn user when overwriting config with new config

If a user adds a new config, and gives it the same name as the old config, the old config will be overwritten. The user should be asked to confirm if they intend to overwrite the config, and prompt for a new name if they answer "no."