Darkyen's Time Tracker

for IntelliJ (and other Jetbrains IDEs)

Track the time spent on a project through a lightweight status bar widget.

Overview

Click the widget or start typing to start counting
Pauses the timer automatically when idle
Click timer widget for options
Git integration, inject the time it took to create the commit into the commit message

Features

Pause or stop after a given time of inactivity (clicking any buttons/keys or scrolling).
When returning after a period of inactivity and the counting is paused, short time durations are automatically counted in, long periods can be counted in manually through a message popup. The auto-count duration is configurable.
Start counting automatically when you type something, even when stopped. Configurable.
Pause the timer when you work on a different project within the same IDE process, useful when switching projects frequently. Configurable.
The time format on the widget is configurable using a simple but flexible template substitution. Includes clear documentation of the format, including examples of frequently requested formats.
Ability to inject the time it took to create a Git commit through a Git commit hook, using the same customizable time format. The time is appended at the end of the message, unless your template contains <#DTT#>, which is then replaced by the formatted time instead.
Reset the time (and the hidden Git counter time) manually through a button in settings or through an IDE action.
Manually adjust counted time.

Internals

The time in IDE is stored in IDE's workspace XML, typically at .idea/workspace.xml. The section looks roughly like this:

<component name="DarkyenusTimeTracker">
    <option name="totalTimeSeconds" value="162561" />
    <option name="gitIntegration" value="true" />
</component>

The exact format is controlled by the IDE and may change in the future.

Git integration files are:

Commit hook at .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg (a POSIX shell script with /bin/sh shebang)
Git time tracking file at .git/.darkyenus_time_tracker_commit_time (plain text file)
.git/.darkyenus_time_tracker_commit_time.zero may be created temporarily during commit hook run, but shouldn't persist
- If you find it, you can safely delete it

Installing

Download from plugin repository or from releases.

Building from source