gitlab-spent-time

README

Gitlab has no support for tracking time on commit messages. This cli application enables users to track time through commit messages according to the proposal.

Examples

# Add time spent of 1h to issue #18
git commit -m "Spend time on #18+1h"

# Add time spent of 1h and 30m on #18 and 30m on #20
git commit -m "Spend time on #18+1h30m #20+30m"

Output

➜  test-repo git:(master) ✗ git commit -m "#18+1h #19+2h"
2020/12/01 21:05:48 Recording time for project: 22124214 issue: 18 time: 1h
2020/12/01 21:05:50 Recording time for project: 22124214 issue: 19 time: 2h
[master 8f810ad] #18+1h #19+2h
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test3

Getting started

Download the binary for your system.

Create a post-commit hook file in the .git/hooks directory with the following content:

#!/bin/sh

./gitlab-hours_<your os> -project=<project> -apikey=<apikey> -repo=/path/to/git/repo

It's also possible to use a different gitlab url

./gitlab-hours_<your os> -project=<project> -apikey=<apikey> -url=https://gitlab.com/api/v4

Make the binary executable:

chmod +x ./gitlab-hours_<your os>

For windows users

If your default shell is set to powershell you may want to execute the post-commit hook using powershell. Copy both post-commit-windows and post-commit.ps1 and place them inside the .git/hooks directory. Rename post-commit-windows to post-commit and change the paramters inside both files.

Api key

Get a new personal access token here. Make sure to grant the api permission so time spent requests can be made

Project id

The project id is an integer and can be found on the repository page