dunce_mode.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Sketch of an idea. If you've been commiting fixes too much recently, you
# should probably stop what your doing and think a bit. In teams, someone
# else tells you to do so. But, when your by yourself, broken glass can
# accumulate, until one day -- poof.

export MAX_FAILURES=3
export LAST_N_COMMITS=10

# You can only escape with a refactor.
git log -1 --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit | grep -i refactor > /dev/null

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit 0
fi

git log -$LAST_N_COMMITS  --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit | \
        grep -i fix | wc | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | \
        (
                read N_FAILURES;
                if (($N_FAILURES > $MAX_FAILURES)); then
                        echo "DUNCE MODE ACTIVATED ON $N_FAILURES FALURES!"
                        exit 1
                fi
        )