About

A working git task automation script when you have a standard configuration setting with a name and an email. Normally works when everything set up properly, but may require troublshooting.

This script executes the commands necessary for initializing a reporitory, making commits, generating ssh keys for your github account, and also configuring your repository to connect via ssh. Without options, it checks to see if you have initialized the current directory, and proceeds to commit all your changes if you have. If you have not set up your computer and your local repository to use SSH, then you will have to copy a token from the github website when making commits (see "Usage" below to change this in the future).

The lazy.sh currently works best for people creating their own repositories, I cannot test it in a team or institutional setting.

Install

The script should work on linux shells and mac shells alike, but if you are a macbook user, you will probably need to omit the "install" command and find a different way to make this script part of your path directories:

git clone https://github.com/LEDparty/lazy-commit
cd lazy-commit
sudo install lazy.sh /usr/local/bin
#alternative, not needed if you use install command
#chmod +x rwg.sh

Usage

Just run lazy.sh from your local repository folder to initialize a repository and commit your first files or commit changes to your files. Used this way, the script acts out of your working directory.

If you want to name your first branch something other than "main", then do not initialize your repository with this script, or change the script for a new default on this line:

git branch -M main

If there's already a .git directory and a different preferred branch, then the script will make the changes according to your preferences (please report issues if it doesn't).

In order to set to configure SSH access for your computer (this will save a ton of effort in the future if you regularly make github commits), use the lazy.sh --create-keys or the lazy.sh --create option to:

-generate the needed SSH keys in your home directory

-setup your ssh agent to communicate with github

-copy the public key to your system/mouse clipboard to add to your github profile.

After that, you will then need to use lazy.sh --configure-ssh or lazy.sh --configure within your locally stored repositories in order to complete this process.