Tools for Git users and GitPrime Customers

The GitPrime Tools (GPT) are command-line tools, based on Bash, indented to give developers extra tools they can use to better perform their jobs.

Build as an extensible "command executor", the tools can be extended easily to provide new functionality as we find more things that we can help developers do better with CLI short-cuts.

Current features include:

• Git hook extensions to allow developers to embed hooks into their projects that are automatically executed.
• Bash-based scripting libraries that can be used in other scripting projects.
• Built-in update installation tools to keep the GPT up-to-date.

Installation of the GitPrime Tools is very simple and straight forward. To install them:

1. Download the latest release from: https://github.com/gitprime/gitprime-tools/releases

2. Decompress the downloaded artifact into a temporary directory.

3. In a terminal window, change to the directory where you decompressed the artifact. For example

   cd /tmp/gitprime-tools-1.0.0

4. Execute the installation script using:

   bin/install-tools.sh

5. Exit your terminal window and open a new one so that the new settings and tools are properly activated.

The installer allows for a few options on installation:

• --directory: This option sets the directory where the GitPrime Tools will be installed on your system. This defaults to ${HOME}/.gitprime-tools
• --ticket-url: This sets the URL of your ticket-tracking system. This URL will be used by the ticket-enforcement git hooks. (See 'Commit Hooks' below.) For example:
  • For JIRA: https://jira.mydomain.com/browse will be converted to https://jira.mydomain.com/browse/\<Ticket Number>
• --help: Will show information about how to use the installer.

The toolset can be updated by specifying a specific version number. However, for the tool to automatically detect the latest version, or to list available versions, we require the 'jq' package to be installed.

More information about 'jq' and how to install it can be found at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/

Once the tools are properly installed and activated in your terminal, there are several commands you can execute. To see the list of commands available to you, execute:

gpt help

Executing commands is as simple as:

gpt <command> <options>

For example, to update the GitPrime Tools, execute:

• Update GitPrime Tools to the latest version:

  gpt update

• See a list of available updates:

  gpt update --list

GitPrime Tools were originally created to provide an extensible mechanism for using Git hooks. This part of the GitPrime Tools packages is very extensible and can be used to extend and enforce developer workflows when using Git.

More information can be found at: Commit Hooks