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Re:Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs by jancsika on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:12PM (#27713396)
Is there a tool where I can type garbage and it walks linearly through a git history of creating a new project, compiling, cloning, committing, etc. until my new copy is a replica of the original?

E.g., I set it to vue.js codebase. Then for each key I press it will:

1. create a new file if we're at the beginning 2. for each key pressed, output a character for that file 3. once the file has been "typed", close that one and open the next file and repeat. 4. once the whole enchilada has been "typed", then each key press will spell out "git commit..." on the command line then enter 5. once committed, each key pressed will spell out "git push..." then enter 6. etc. until I've typed the whole history of vue.js!

Maybe a "turbo mode" so I can set N characters for each character I type...

Re:Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs by doix on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:23PM (#27713549)
That instantly made me think of this: https://hackertyper.net/
Re:Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs by jancsika on Friday July 02, 2021 @05:10PM (#27716916)
Ooh, almost there!

You know, there could be a kind of "bloat battle" game from this.

* player one tries to keep smashing the keyboard to "write" code and "commit" new features until the program can read email

* player two smashes keys to add low-effort issues to the tracker, post FUD to the mailing list to slow down the process, and add subtly wrong features for review on merge requests

Like hungry hippos except it translates directly to real world experience

Re:Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs by mullikine on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:27PM (#27713611)
I'm trying to get it going in a docker container asap.. I was slaving away on that today
Re:Pen, a GPL Copilot for Emacs by jancsika on Friday July 02, 2021 @05:12PM (#27716933)
Bonus-- if you pull it off I think it technically qualifies as a quine. :)