Git Commit Confetti Cannon
It's silly but it's so much fun! What every developer needs is a bit of levity to break up the day! Enter the git commit confetti cannon! Marvel in wonder as your mac (sorry linux and windows users) rewards your efforts with a virtual pat on the back in the form of confetti and applause! You're awesome!!!
What are we building?
A git hook which uses Raycast to shower you with applause and confetti upon a successful commit.
Is there a video I can watch or a repo I can clone?
No video just yet, but here's a link to a demo repo that can be cloned.
What are the steps?
Letsa go!
Step 1 - Install raycast
What do you mean you don't have Raycast installed already? It's amazing, let's do that by downloading it here or if you use homebrew by issuing brew install --cask raycast from the terminal.
Step 2 - Install 1-Click Confetti
This is an extension for Raycast. You can either install it from within Raycast itself by searching for it on the store - instructions on how to do that here. You can also visit the extension's page directly and install it from there by clicking the install extension button.
Step 3 - Create a Deep-Link
Deep-links are a macos feature that allow developers of macos apps to provide users with a custom url to target a feature of their application. They're excellent and the wonderful team at Raycast have built wonderful support for them. Follow the instructions here to generate a deep link that targets the 1-click confetti Confetti Command option (not the Confetti in Menu Bar option) and ensure to follow the process to select Always open command.
Step 4 - Add the Deep-Link into the Git Hook
The quickest way to get this up and running is to clone down the example repo. It's a node project so that'll need to be installed on your system first. Follow the instructions in the Readme.md to install dependencies and then double check that the deep link in the .husky/post-commit hook matches the one that you created. If not, replace it.
If you'd rather learn how to build the repo yourself, you can find articles on this site which go through the process of setting up git hooks with node, deno and bun projects.
Step 5 - Launch the Cannon
Make a change in the repo and git commit!
Did you ever think git could be so much fun? I'm a dork! I know but I don't care! Life's too short and this makes me smile! Hopefully it made you smile a little bit too!
Acknowledgements
This automation uses the 1-Click Confetti Raycast extension created by Pedro Duarte. Check out his other Raycast extensions here.