Commit
Commit is an editor that helps you write better Git and Mercurial commit messages.
https://apps.gnome.org/app/re.sonny.Commit/
Installation
Setup flatpak then
flatpak install re.sonny.Commit
flatpak run re.sonny.Commit # Follow instructionsTips and trick
Emojis
right-click ➞ Insert Emoji or use the shortcut Ctrl+.
Open Commit in the center of the screen
On GNOME you can make all new windows open in the center using
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter center-new-windows trueSee https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/246
or set and use the move-to-center keybinding
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-center "['<Super><Control><Shift>Space']"Translation
If you'd like to help translating Commit into your language, please head over to Weblate.
Thank you for your help!
Development
cd Commit
git submodule update --init --recursive
G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=Gjs-Console ./re.sonny.Commit --readonly test/fixtures/with-body/COMMIT_EDITMSGMake changes and hit Ctrl+Shift+Q on the Commit window to restart it.
To pass the tests you have to install a few dependencies
# Install development dependencies
sudo dnf install --assumeyes npm flatpak make desktop-file-utils gjs gtk4-devel libadwaita
npm install
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user --assumeyes --noninteractive flathub org.freedesktop.appstream-glib
# Run tests
make test
Flathub builds https://flathub.org/builds/#/apps/re.sonny.Commit
Maintainer
i18n
# To update the pot file
# xgettext -f po/POTFILES -o po/re.sonny.Commit.pot --no-wrap -cTRANSLATORS --from-code=UTF-8
# sed -i "s/Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION/Project-Id-Version: re.sonny.Commit/" po/re.sonny.Commit.pot
meson compile re.sonny.Commit-pot -C _build
# To create a translation
# msginit -i po/re.sonny.Commit.pot -o po/fr.po -l fr_FR.UTF-8
echo -n " fr" >> po/LINGUAS
meson compile re.sonny.Commit-update-po -C _build
# To update translations
# msgmerge -U po/*.po po/re.sonny.Commit.pot
meson compile re.sonny.Commit-update-po -C _buildSee #14 (comment)
Publish new version
meson compile re.sonny.Commit-update-po -C _build- Update version in
meson.build - git tag
- flathub
Building
host
cd Commit
meson --prefix $PWD/install build
ninja -C build installFlatpak
Use GNOME Builder or
cd Commit
flatpak-builder --user --force-clean --repo=repo --install-deps-from=flathub flatpak re.sonny.Commit.json
flatpak --user remote-add --no-gpg-verify --if-not-exists Commit repo
flatpak --user install --reinstall --assumeyes Commit re.sonny.CommitCredits
Commit is a fork of Gnomit wich was inspired by Komet.
Many thanks to its original author Aral Balkan of Small Technology Foundation.
Contributors
Copyright
- © 2020-2022 Sonny Piers
- © 2018-2020 Aral Balkan, Small Technology Foundation
License
GPLv3 or later. Please see COPYING file.