puppet-git

An opinionated Puppet Module to install and manage Git.

puppet-git is available on the Puppet Forge.

Usage

Simply

include ::git

to make sure git is installed, or

class { '::git::user':
    home     => '/home/kevin',
    fullname => 'Kevin James',
    email    => 'KevinJames@thekev.in',
}

to configure git settings.

You can also install the Hub tool with

include ::git::hub

Other popular git subcommands can be installed with

include ::git::utilities::forest  # https://www.mankier.com/1/git-forest
include ::git::utilities::rank_contributors  # http://git-wt-commit.rubyforge.org/
include ::git::utilities::wtf  # http://git-wt-commit.rubyforge.org/

Configuration

In addition to the above value set for git::user, you can also use hiera to override the following defaults:

git::conflictstyle: diff3
git::browser: google-chrome
git::difftool: vimdiff
git::editor: vim
git::pager: less -FRX

git::packages: git
git::tar: /bin/tar

git::hub::dependencies: curl
git::hub::url: https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v2.2.3/hub-linux-amd64-2.2.3.tgz

CHANGELOG

1.4.2

• bugfix: use global pylintrc in pre-commit hook

1.4.1

• bugfix: allow usage of multiple utilities

1.4.0

• feature: add git utilities: git-forest, git-rank-contributors, git-wtf

1.3.2

• feature: ensure !/.config folder exists

1.3.1

• feature: parameterize difftool for non-hiera

1.3.0

• feature: git::mergetool -> git::difftool (now configures difftool as well!)
• compatibility: compatible with neovim (use difftool: nvimdiff).

1.2.1

• bugfix: fix XDG_CONFIG_HOME pathing

1.2.0

• feature: use XDG_CONFIG_HOME
• compatibility: improve package compatibility by using ensure_packages

1.1.2

• feature: add $tar parameter to ::git

1.1.1

• feature: allow configuration of tar binary location

1.1.0

• feature: add hub tool

1.0.0

• initial release