gitlab-time-tracker

A command line interface that makes working with GitLabs time tracking feature more enjoyable.

requirements

• php >= 7.0 (5.6 won't work)

installation

using composer

Make sure composer is installed globally and ~/.composer/vendor/bin is in your PATH. Then simply run:

composer global require kriskbx/gitlab-time-tracker

using docker

coming soon

commands

login

Login to gitlab.com or your own GitLab instance using a private token.

gtt login

edit configuration

Edit the global configuration file. Available options

gtt edit

reports

Get a report for your project or issue.

# available report commands
gtt report ["namespace/project"] [issue_id]
gtt report:month ["2017-03"] ["namespace/project"]
gtt report:day ["2017-03-01"] ["namespace/project"]

# include closed issues
gtt report --closed=true

# limit to a user
gtt report --user=username

# limit to a milestone
gtt report --milestone=milestone_name

# overwrite the default date format or the date format stored in your config
gtt report --date_format="d.m.Y H:i:s"

# overwrite the default columns or the columns stored in your config
gtt report --columns=iid --columns=title --columns=estimation

# only include the given labels in the results, overwrites the includeLabels stored in your config file
gtt report --include_labels=pending --include_labels=approved

# exclude the given labels from the results, overwrites the excludeLabels stored in your config file
gtt report --exclude_labels=bug --exclude_labels=feature

# choose a different output than a stdout table (csv & json coming soon)
gtt report --output=markdown --file=filename.md

time tracking

coming soon

configuration options

Here's a sample configuration file including all available options:

# url to the gitlab api. make sure there's a trailing slash
url: http://gitlab.com/api/v4/

# your api token
token: abcdefghijklmnopqrst

# default project
project: namespace/projectname

# include closed by default
closed: true

# default milestone
milestone: milestone_name

# hours per day
hoursPerDay: 8

# columns
columns:
- iid
- title
- estimation

# date format
dateFormat: Y-m-d H:i:s

# default output
output: markdown

# exclude the following labels in the results
excludeLabels:
- bug
- feature

# only include the following labels in the result
includeLabels:
- pending
- approved

faqs

It takes a long time to get Issues and process them

There's no API for querying time results, so I have to fetch all the comments and parse them for time spent. That process takes quite a while (2 additional requests for each Issue). I'm sorry, blame GitLab for implementing it that way.

GitLab will probably ship some of these features sooner or later

Yeah, I'm aware of that. For now (March 2017) GitLabs time tracking is a mess and this tool makes it way better.

why php? why not ruby/node/go/python/erlang?

Because I'm a PHP dev. And I like PHP. Actually PHP is not that bad. Shut up and get a life.

license

GPL v2