Context aware command line time tracking, synced to Minute Dock.
This is how I keep track of my time for work.
Whenever I complete a task I log it in the console:
d "Fix bux with widget. #100"
This will create an entry tagged with the current directory in a log file. At the end of the day I run a report which creates a temporary file with a list of the day's tasks. I can then rearrange, revise and reword until everything looks right. And then submit the time entries to Minute Dock.
This solution works great for me because I'm always at the command line anyway and it only takes a second to log every context switch. In most cases I can reuse a git commit. And I don't have to get the wording perfect because I can always tweak things at the end of the day.
- Create config file from the example template.
- Add
done.thorto your path (maybe symlink it in ~/bin). - Optionally source
.bash_aliasesin your.bashrc.
done.thor log "Reword verbiage. closes #101"
done.thor gitlog # Uses latest git commit
done.thor githublog # Uses issue name from latest git commit
done.thor editlog # Opens the log in your $EDITOR of choice
done.thor report # Opens end of day report
If you forget to log time you can pass a number of minutes as the first
argument to log. e.g. Use log 30 Lunch if you went to lunch a half hour
ago. Or edit the log file manually.
You can add nicknames for projects in the config file.
If you forget to submit your time at the end of the day you can pass
--days_ago=1 as an argument to report. (This only works for the current week.
If you forgot to submit last week's time, you'll have to go find the log file
for it.)
If you change your mind about running a report, just delete all the time entries and it won't try to send anything to Minute Dock.
Thanks!