txt2jira - text to Jira - time tracking for the command line

Log your work in a simple text file and post it to Jira with a single command. Edit the file manually or use the provided commands to interact with the log file.

Key benefits

• Logs your work locally, commits accumulated logs to Jira once you are done.
• Provides autocompletion for recently used issues and comments.
• Resolves summary of issues from Jira.
• Shows a summary of the logged time per day.
• Rounds time to frames of 5 minutes by default.
• Detects issue number in branch name or URL.
• Supports absolute (hh:mm) or relative time formats (1h / 30m).
• Supports alias to quickly log work on a specific issue.

Log format

<issue> as <alias>

<date>

<start time>
<issue | alias> <comment>
<end time>

Getting started

Start your work day with the log command. It will add the current time to the log file rounded to 5 minute.

09:02 $ txt2jira log TEST-1 Do some work
Started TEST-1 Do some work at 09:00

The log file will look like this:

04.12.2022

09:00
TEST-1 Do some work

Use the list command to see all entries in the log file. Notice that the summary was fetched from Jira.

09:02 $ txt2jira list
-------------------------------------------------- 04.12.22 -----------------------------------
* 09:00 - 09:02  TEST-1     As a user I want to eat choco cup cakes     2m      Do some work
----------------------------------------------------- 5m --------------------------------------

Switching between tasks

It is easy to switch to another task by just starting it.

09:19 $ txt2jira log TEST-2 Do some other work
Stopped TEST-1 Do some work at 09:20
Started TEST-2 Do some other work at 09:20

04.12.2022

09:00
TEST-1 Do some work
09:20
TEST-2 Do some other work

Stop working

Running the log command while a log is active will stop the current log. Add optional <time> or <duration> for alternative end time.

09:29 $ txt2jira log
Stopped TEST-1 Do some work at 09:30

The end time is added to the log file.

04.12.2022

09:00
TEST-1 Do some work
09:20
TEST-2 Do some other work
09:30

Explore other useful features

• Use the log command without arguments to choose from the last recent tasks.
• Use the log command with <issue> or <issue> <comments> arguments to switch to task.
• Type log 10m TEST-1 to add a task with a duration of 10 minutes.
• Type log 10:00 15m TEST-1 to add a task from 10:00 to 10:15.
• Type log -c to continue from last end date.
• Type log 1h to add a break of 1 hour if task is still running.
• Use the time command to manipulate the current start / end time.
• Use the comment command to change the comment of the current task.
• Use the comment -a command to add comments to the current task.
• Use the issue command to change the issue of the current task.
• Use the delete command to remove a task from the log file.
• Use the clear-cache command to clear the cache.

Commit logs to Jira

Once you are done with your work day, you can commit the logs to Jira with the commit command.

09:41 $ txt2jira commit
-------------------------------------------------- 04.12.22 -----------------------------------------------------
* 09:00 - 09:20  TEST-1     As a user I want to eat choco cup cakes              20m     Do some work
* 09:20 - 09:30  TEST-2     As an administrator I want to grant access to c...   10m     Do some other work
----------------------------------------------------- 30m -------------------------------------------------------

Commit to Jira? (y/n): y
Log 20m     TEST-1 Do some work ✓
Log 10m     TEST-2 Do some other work ✓
All done!

• Enjoy the end of the day without thinking about completing logs at the end of month.

Requirements:

• PHP 8.1
• CURL

Installation

git clone https://github.com/klammbueddel/txt2jira
cd txt2jira
composer install --no-dev

Setup configuration with ./txt2jira config

Maybe you want to add the txt2jira command to your path.

sudo ln -s $(pwd)/txt2jira /usr/local/bin/txt2jira

Maybe you want to add some bash aliases to ease the usage even more.

alias w='txt2jira'
alias ws='txt2jira log'
alias wl='txt2jira list'
alias wd='txt2jira delete'
alias wt='txt2jira time'
alias wi='txt2jira issue'
alias wc='txt2jira comment'

Other features

Aliases

Use aliases for recurring tasks.

TEST-1 as Coffee

14.10.2022

08:00
Coffee Clean machine
08:15

Comment aggregation

TEST-1 as Coffee

04.12.2022

08:00
Coffee Clean machine
08:15
Coffee Drink coffee
08:30
TEST-2 Talk to customer
08:45
Coffee Wash dishes
09:00

Will be aggregated to

45m TEST-1 Clean machine; Drink coffee; Wash dishes
15m TEST-2 Talk to customer

Flag logged items

Once committed, log items will be flagged with an x.

TEST-1 as Coffee

14.10.2022

08:00
Coffee Clean machine x
08:15
Coffee Drink coffee x
08:30
TEST-2 Talk to customer x
08:45
Coffee Wash dishes x
09:00

License

MIT 2022 Christian Bartels