Alternative gcmsg idea

[ondrovic]

I have been playing around with a modified version of the gcmsg function, just figured I would share whether it makes it in or not

function gcmsg {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$message,
        [string]$delimiter = ',',
        [switch]$capitalizeNewLine,
        [switch]$dryRun
    )

    $commitMessages = @()

    # Create a regex pattern based on the delimiter
    $delimiterPattern = [regex]::Escape($delimiter)
    $splitPattern = "\s*$delimiterPattern\s*"

    # Split the message by the delimiter, handling various spacing
    $parts = $message -split $splitPattern

    foreach ($part in $parts) {
        if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($part)) {
            if ($capitalizeNewLine) {
                # Capitalize the first letter only if the switch is set
                $processedPart = $part.Substring(0,1).ToUpper() + $part.Substring(1)
            } else {
                $processedPart = $part
            }
            
            $commitMessages += "-m"
            $commitMessages += "`"$processedPart`""
        }
    }

    # Join the commit messages into a single string
    $gitCommand = "git commit $($commitMessages -join ' ')"
    
    if ($dryRun) {
        Write-Host $gitCommand
    } else {
        # Execute the git command
        Invoke-Expression $gitCommand
    }
}

It allows you to split on a delimiter and create multiple -m flags, which would simulate doing the following

git commit -m "text" -m "text" -m "text", which gives you a nicer formatted message imho

NOTE: I use a , as the delimiter

Example Usage:

# Works same as current function
input: gcmsg "Updates"
results: git commit -m "Updates"

# Inline `-`
input: gcmsg "Updates , i updated a file,I refactored a func "
results git commit -m "Updates" -m "I updated a file" -m "I refactored a func"

Result in repo: