Git Co-Authors
Quickly select co-authors and copy properly formatted Co-authored-by trailers for your Git commits.
Features
- Choose Co-Authors — Search and multi-select co-authors from your saved list. Copy or paste formatted trailers directly into your commit message.
- Add Author — Manually add co-authors by name and email.
- Load Co-Authors from Folder — Scan a folder for Git repositories and bulk-import co-authors from all of them.
- Clear All Authors — Remove all saved co-authors at once.
Co-authors are automatically deduplicated by email and sorted by frecency (frequency + recency).
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Choose Co-Author | Search, select, and copy co-author lines for your commits |
| Add Author | Add a new co-author by name and email |
| Load Co-Authors From Folder | Scan a folder tree for repos and import all their authors |
| Clear All Authors | Delete all saved co-authors |
Keyboard Shortcuts
macOS
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Enter | Toggle co-author selection |
⌘ ⏎ | Copy selected co-authors |
⌘ ⇧ ⏎ | Paste into active window |
⌘ N | Add new author |
⌘ E | Edit author |
⌘ ⌫ | Remove author |
⌘ ⌥ ⌫ | Clear all authors |
Windows
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Enter | Toggle co-author selection |
Ctrl Enter | Copy selected co-authors |
Ctrl Shift Enter | Paste into active window |
Ctrl N | Add new author |
Ctrl E | Edit author |
Ctrl Backspace | Remove author |
Ctrl Alt Backspace | Clear all authors |
Categories
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