Co-author commits

VS Code extension to add multiple co-authors to commits, managed all from the source control tab.

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

Git Mob in action

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"

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
Change primary author from co-author list

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.

open_coauthors

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

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

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

Using the standardised list from Gitmoji.

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

git emojis select list

After a commit remove selected co-authors from input to unselected. If you commit in the command-line the UI will update as well.

Default: false

Expand 'More Authors' tree when UI starts.

Default: true