GIST – Git Identity Switching Tool

“A quick gist of who you are – switch git personas in a snap.”

[GIST] is a tiny, cross‑platform CLI for managing multiple Git user profiles (name + email + optional GPG key) and switching between them on a per‑directory basis. No more manual git config gymnastics!

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⚙️ Configuration

GIST reads a YAML file (default: $HOME/.config/gist/config.yaml).
You can override the location with the environment variable GIST_CONFIG_PATH.

# $HOME/.config/gist/config.yaml
profiles:
  - name: work
    username: "Jane Doe"
    email: "jane@company.com"
    signingkey: "0xABCD1234"   # optional – GPG key used for signing commits
  - name: personal
    username: "jane‑personal"
    email: "jane@example.com"

Generating a starter config

gist init               # creates ~/.config/gist/config.yaml with an example entry

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📚 Commands

Command	Synopsis	Example
list	Show all configured profiles.	gist list
info	Print the profile currently active in the current repository (or the global one if no repo).	gist info
set <profile>	Activate a profile for the current repository (writes .git/config).	gist set work
add	Interactively add a new profile (writes to the config file).	gist add
remove <profile>	Delete a profile from the config file.	gist remove personal
init	Create a default config file if none exists.	gist init
--version	Print the version and exit.	gist --version
--help	Show help for the top‑level command or a sub‑command (gist help set).	gist --help

Sample usage

$ gist list
available profiles:
  • work      (jane@company.com)
  • personal  (jane@example.com)

$ gist info
current profile (global):
  name: personal
  user: jane‑personal <jane@example.com>

$ gist set work
✔️  Set profile “work” for repository /home/jane/project
$ git config user.name
Jane Doe
$ git config user.email
jane@company.com

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🌍 Environment variables

Variable	Description	Default
GIST_CONFIG_PATH	Absolute path to the YAML configuration file.	$HOME/.config/gist/config.yaml
GIT_PATH (or GIST_GIT_PATH)	Path to the git executable (useful on Windows where git.exe lives elsewhere).	git (found on $PATH)
GIST_VERBOSE	Set to 1 to enable extra debug output.	unset

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🛠️ Development & Contributions

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/your-org/gist.git
   cd gist

2. Run the test suite

   go test ./...

3. Open a PR – Follow the existing code style, update documentation, and add tests for new features.

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