git-tidbit

Learn something new every time you commit!


Keywords
git, vcs, fun, commit, til, tidbit
License
MIT
Install
pip install git-tidbit==0.4

Documentation

git-tidbit

Git a tidbit everytime you successfully commit to a repo.

Showcase

Install

pip install git-tidbit

Once installed, you'll need to run git init in your existing repositories to pull in our post-commit hook. If you'd like to do this for all of your existing repos, use the following:

find /my/dev/folders -name .git -type d -prune -execdir git init \;

Uninstall

Once uninstalled, git-tidbit will clean up after itself.

Develop

  1. Clone the repo

2.

git clone https://github.com/savala/git-tidbit.git

3.

sudo pip install -e ./git-tidbit

Usage

Use your normal git workflow. Whenever you commit, you'll learn something new!

git commit -m "I'm really just doing this to get a snapple fact"

Reddit

Reddit TIL repository

Reddit service fetches a random TIL (Today I learned)

Usage

Try it out!

    python reddit_service.py

Returns:

    TIL of James Allen, a highwayman who upon his death requested that a copy of his memoir be bound in his skin and given to John Fenno Jr., the man who put him in jail after trying to rob him. According to Allen it was meant as a token of his respect to the man who fought back and stood up to him.

Integrate it!

    service = SnappleFactService()
    service.get_tidbit()

API

API Description Return Type
get_tidbit fetches one TIL from reddit string
get_tidbits fetches multiple tils from snapple [string]

Libraries

import urllib2
import json

Snapple

Snapple fact repository

Snapple service fetches a random fact from snapple

Usage

Try it out!

    python snapple_service.py

Returns

    The woodpecker can hammer wood up to 16 times per second.

Integrate it!

    service = SnappleFactService()
    service.get_tidbit()

API

API Description Return Type
get_tidbit fetches one fact from snapple string
get_tidbits fetches multiple facts from snapple [string]

Libraries

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import urllib2