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hitch

by Rogelio J. Samour
http://blog.therubymug.com

Description:

Hitch allows developers to be properly credited when Pair Programming and using Git.
Features:

• Persists pair(s) between different terminal instances.
• Creates a unique email address for the pair. (e.g. dev+leela+fry@hashrocket.com) This provides the ability to create a Gravatar for the pair.

Synopsis:

• For leela and fry to pair:
  o hitch leela fry
• To clear pair info:
  o hitch -u
• For a complete list of features:
  o hitch -h
• Creating a Gravatar for your pair:
  o Once I’ve hitched with my pair. (e.g. hitch leela fry) I have now created a unique email: dev+fry+leela@hashrocket.com
  o Then, I go to gravatar.com. Add an image to that particular email address and I’m done.

Install:

• gem install hitch
• rvm users run this:
  

  for x in $(rvm list strings); do rvm use $x@global && gem install hitch; done

• hitch —setup
  o this prints out the necessary shell function and aliases you need to add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
• Or copy/paste the following into your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

hitch() {
  command hitch "$@"
  if [[ -s "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ]] ; then source "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ; fi
}
alias unhitch='hitch -u'
# Uncomment to persist pair info between terminal instances
# hitch

Requirements:

• Git, HighLine

Acknowledgements:

• Les Hill
• Tim Pope
• Stephen Caudill