Co-author commits

VS Code extension to add co-author meta data in commits, managed all from the source control tab.

Great extension when pair programming or mobbing with your team. Depends on Git Mob cli

1. Install
2. Features
3. Contributing

The Git Mob project for VS code co-author commits

Read our blog post to find out learn more about Git Mob.

Install

Install Git Mob npm i -g git-mob (See git-mob for more info)

Search for "Git Mob" in Extensions and click install.

Ensure you have set your primary author in Git

$ git config --global user.name "Jane Doe"
$ git config --global user.email "jane@example.com"

Features

• Manage & view all your co-authors in source control tab
• VS Code workspace support
• Search suggested co-authors from the "More Authors" list (all contributors to the repository)
• Add new co-authors and manage them in .git-coauthors file
• Add new co-authors from current repository into your .git-coauthors file
• Git emojis search and select Gitmojis
• Auto reload when updating .git-coauthors file in VS Code
• Status bar shows if using template file or prepare-commit-msg hook
• Co-authors in-sync with Git Mob CLI

Add new co-authors

Option 1: CTRL+shift+p or ⌘+⇧+p and search for "Add new co-author". Fill in all input fields. (ctrl+shift+p -> "Open .git-coauthors file")

Option 2: Add your co-authors to the .git-coauthors files in your user folder.

Add new co-authors from repository

Click the plus + button on an author in More Authors list.

Search suggested co-authors

Click the search icon on the More Authors section or CTRL+shift+p or ⌘+⇧+p and search for "Search suggested co-authors".

Workspace support

Select one of multiple open Git repositories and add co-author metadata to source control input field.

Git Emojis

Using the standardised list from Gitmoji.

Search and select an emoji to add to the Git message input field