by Rogelio J. Samour (http://blog.therubymug.com)

Hitch allows developers to be properly credited when Pair Programming and using Git.

• Persists pair(s) between different terminal instances.
• Creates a unique email address for the pair. (e.g. [email protected]) This provides the ability to create a Gravatar for the pair.
• Allows you to expire the pair information in N hours. e.g. hitch --expire 8 fry leela

• For leela and fry to pair:
  • hitch leela fry
• To clear pair info:
  • hitch -u
• For a complete list of features:
  • hitch -h
• Creating a Gravatar for your pair:
  • Once I've hitched with my pair. (e.g. hitch leela fry) I have now created a unique email: [email protected]
  • Then, I go to gravatar.com. Add an image to that particular email address and I'm done.

• gem install hitch
• rvm users run this:

for x in $(rvm list strings); do rvm use $x@global && gem install hitch; done

• hitch --setup >> ~/.bashrc
  • this prints out the necessary shell function and aliases you need to add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
• Or copy/paste the following into your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

hitch() {
  command hitch "$@"
  if [[ -s "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ]] ; then source "$HOME/.hitch_export_authors" ; fi
}
alias unhitch='hitch -u'
# Uncomment to persist pair info between terminal instances
# hitch

• It's easier if you use rvm.
• Fork hitch
• When you cd into the directory the .rvmrc will activate and create a hitch gemset
• Then run the following scripts:

sh install_supported_rubies.sh
sh rake_spec_with_all_rubies.sh # this also bundles all necessary gems

• Git, HighLine

• Stephen Caudill
• Les Hill
• Tim Pope

Released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for further details.