Append current Rdio track to commit message

commit-msg

#!/usr/bin/ruby

message_file = ARGV[0]

def app_is_running?(app_name)
  `ps aux` =~ /#{app_name}/ ? true : false
end

while true
  if app_is_running?('Rdio.app')
    artist = `osascript -e 'tell application "Rdio" to get the artist of the current track'`
    track = `osascript -e 'tell application "Rdio" to get the name of the current track'`

    File.open(message_file, 'a') do |file|
      file.puts "\n♫ #{artist.chomp} - #{track.chomp}"
    end
  end
  break
end

Add this file to .git/hooks/ and chmod 755 it.

Looks like this:

♫ Seasick Steve - Down On The Farm

Credit https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8395270/ruby-script-to-check-if-a-mac-os-x-app-is-currently-running for app_is_running? method

You could also add this to a crontab, so it's asynchronous.

It's fast, but maybe the ps, osacript calls, and writing to the filesystem will slow down the responsiveness of your git commands?