A simple project to prettify commit messages

NOW IN RUST!

Commit messages are good. They provide information about tons of things. But far too many commit messages lack emojis! This is a critical problem, and one that I will not stand for.

Catify solves this issue. In order to use catify, you can install it via cargo:

cargo install --path .

And then, you can create a link to whatever directory you've selected to store your git hooks. This could mean adding it as a hook to a particular project:

ln $CARGO_HOME/bin/catify-rust .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg

Or placing it as a hook to a directory that stores global git hooks:

ln $CARGO_HOME/bin/catify-rust ~/.local/git-hooks/prepare-commit-msg

Here, I've selected ~/.local/git-hooks as my git hooks repository, however you can choose whatever directory you'd like by configuring core.hooksPath:

git config --global core.hooksPath "$HOME/.local/git-hooks"

And you're done!

Reasons to use catify

There are a number of reasons you'd like to use catify, but I've provided a small sampling of them below.

• Using emojis in commits is neat
• It adds whimsy to an otherwise monotonous task
• It encourages better support for unicode
• Gnome terminal now supports emojis, so your commit messages will display properly
• And finally...

Catify is fast, and should have a negligible impact on the time to create a commit.

I hope you enjoy your newly-emoted commit messages!