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Git Whoami

Git Whoami

Alberto Ielpo

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100 installs
| (0) | Free
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Git whoami

Git whoami vscode extension give the possibility to display in the status bar the author which be used for a commit.

Under the hood are used git user.name and git user.email properties

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Git whoami

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter ext install AlbertoIelpo.git-whoami

Features

  • display current author name in the status bar
  • change author name and patch at local level (.git/config)
  • insert new author name
  • personalize info to display via property (only name, only email, both)
  • add support for ssh signing key

How to use

  • Click on the status bar on the author name and select/add the author name
  • CTRL+MAIUSC+P + "Git Whoami: change author" and select/add the author name
  • CTRL+MAIUSC+P + "Git Whoami: clean authors except current" to delete cache layer
  • CTRL+MAIUSC+P + "Git Whoami: delete author" and select/add the author name

Configuration

Git Whoami status bar display can be:

  • full (author name <author email>)
  • email (author email)
  • name (author name)
  • domain (author email domain only)

Example

  • git-whoami.statusbar.display: "full" | "email" | "name" | "domain"

Publish into marketplace

Complete requirement guide

  • https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension

then

npm run compile
vsce package
# make sure that you have perform the login "vsce login <id>"
vsce publish --pat <token>
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