rotate-mob 0.1.2

A CLI for mob programming rotations

A CLI for mobbing rotations.

Installation

The pkg on PyPI is called rotate-mob.
One way to install it is:

uv tool install rotate-mob

Then it's available as an executable rotate:

rotate help

Usage

The Rotation File

Rotation files look like this:

5:00 / 5:00
Typing: Alice
Talking: Bob
Next: Charlie
Diana
Eva

You can create a fresh one with

rotate init [filename] [team members...]

This creates a new rotation file with default team members or the ones you specify.

Start the timer

rotate start [filename]

This starts a timer daemon that will update the elapsed time in the rotation file.

[!TIP] Watch the file updated live with watch -n 0.3 -t cat rotation

Other cmds

rotate pause [filename]
rotate resume [filename]
rotate stop [filename]
rotate help

Manual rotation

If you want to manually rotate team members:

cat rotation | rotate > new-rotation

TODO: this should be rotate rotate

File Format

The rotation file format consists of:

1. First line: Timer in format elapsed / total where both values are in MM:SS format
2. Subsequent lines with colon: Position assignments in format Position: Name
3. Remaining lines: Team members without assigned positions

Hooks

The rotate tool supports hooks that are executed when specific events occur:

1. Create a directory called .rotate/hooks/ in your project
2. Place executable scripts in this directory with names matching the event you want to hook into
3. Currently supported hooks:
   • expire: Executed when the timer expires or the daemon stops

Example hook script (.rotate/hooks/expire):

#!/bin/sh
# This hook opens the rotation file when the timer expires
echo "Opening rotation file..."
open rotation

Make sure to make your hook script executable:

chmod +x .rotate/hooks/expire

Requirements

• Python 3.12+