Preface
It is possible that you have multiple git configurations. For example:
; Office Profile
Name: John Doe
Email: [email protected]
; Personal Profile
Name: John Doe
Email: [email protected]
It could be a hassle to remember and switch between the profiles while working on different projects.
This utility aims to make this hassle free.
Features
- Create and manage profiles globally; create once, use anywhere
- Set profile for a specific project
- Set global profile with a single command
This utility helps you save profiles and then you can switch between them using a single command.
Install
$ composer global require zeeshan/git-profile
Then check your $PATH
variable. It must contain ~/.composer/vendor/bin
dir.
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/username/.composer/vendor/bin
Modify your .zshrc
or .bashrc
files if your $PATH
variable not contain composer/bin dir.
export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
Also you can use .phar file
- Download the file from here
sudo chmod -R 755 git-profile
sudo mv git-profile /usr/local/bin/git-profile
Usage
$ git-profile [options] <command>
Options
-h, --help Display this help message
-V, --version Display this application version
--ansi Force ANSI output
--no-ansi Disable ANSI output
Commands
rm Remove git profile
use Change git profile locally or globally
add Create a new git profile
show Show details for an existing profile
update Update details for an existing profile
current Gets the currently set profile
list List of profiles
Examples
Find some of the sample usages below
Adding Profiles
$ git-profile add
[+] Enter profile title: Office
[+] Enter Name: John Doe
[+] Enter Email: [email protected]
[+] Enter Signingkey: B7156A83
[OK] Profile "Office" saved successfully
Remove Git Profile
$ git-profile rm "Office"
[OK] Profile "Office" successfully removed
Show Details for a profile
$ git-profile show "Office"
[+] Name: John Doe
[+] Email: [email protected]
[+] Signingkey: B7156A83
Updating Profile
$ git-profile update "Office"
[+] Enter Name: Jane Doe
[+] Enter Email: [email protected]
[+] Enter Signingkey: 547ABB1C
[OK] Profile "Office" updated successfully
Switching Profile
Setting details locally i.e. set profile for the current project
$ git-profile use "Office"
[OK] Switched to "Office"
Setting details globally i.e. set global configuration
$ git-profile use "Office" --global
[OK] Switched to "Office"
Get Current Profile
$ git-profile current
[+] Current Profile "Office"
[+] Name: John Doe
[+] Email: [email protected]
[+] Signingkey: 547ABB1C
Side note It should be noted that profiles are maintained globally. When you use
some profile locally, what it does is get the configuration for that profile and sets it for the current project. i.e. when use
is run locally it is equivalent to
$ git config user.name "Name for specified profile"
$ git config user.email "[email protected]"
$ git config user.signingkey "SIGNINGKEY"
Profiles List
$ git-profile list
Available profiles:
Github
Home
Office
License
MIT © Zeeshan Ahmad