spark-git.rb

spark-git.rb draws a sparkline of git commits bucketed by week to show you at a glance how active you've been in a git repo (or a set of git repos).

Usage: ruby spark-git.rb (--unit=[days|weeks] --range=NUM --author=NAME directories

Options:

• --unit=[days|weeks] determines whether or not the 'range' parameter is counting days or weeks. Defaults to weeks.
• --range=NUM takes a number and sees how many units should be covered. Defaults to 8.
• --author=NAME allows you to override with a custom author name to search the git history for. By default it passes in ENV['USER'].

Ways to use it

I have this script set up in two places in my bashrc:

1. When cding into the root of a git repo

cd() {
  if [[ $@ == '-' ]]; then
    builtin cd "$@" > /dev/null  # We'll handle pwd.
  else
    builtin cd "$@"
  fi
  if ls .git &> /dev/null; then
    echo -e "   \033[1;34m"`~/bin/spark-git.rb . `"\033[0m"
  fi
}

2. When I load my bashrc: In order to see my recent overall activity, I run this command whenever my bashrc executes:

echo -e "\033[1;31m"`ruby ~/bin/spark-git.rb ~/src/*`"\033[0m"'

This acts as a primary motivating factor and gives me a chance to see whether or not I'm keeping up with my desire to be spending time writing code!