Have you ever come across this in your codebase:

# TODO(person-who-left-the-company-2-years-ago): Definitely remove this by Y2K

TODO Tools is here to help.

1. A git post-commit hook to check for new TODOs
   • If they match the format TODO(username[YYYY-MM-DD]): Message, add them to your ~/.todo file
   • Regardless of format, give the committer a summary of all TODOs they are committing. Maybe they meant to actually do them in this commit.
2. A ~/.todo-file auditor, looking for past-due TODOs and printing reminders
3. A utility to install the git-hook and auditor

$ pip install todo_tools
$ cd webapp
$ todo --register-git-hook .
$ git commit -a -m 'These are all of my todos'
Here's a list of TODOs you added in this commit:
------------------------------------------------
+ website.py | # TODO(zeb[2017-01-01]): Wish people happy new year
+ website.py | # TODO(zeb[2016-08-04]): Remove this when AB test ends
+ constants.jsx | // TODO: This should be done!

Now whenever you run todo --check, you'll be notified of past-due TODOs:

$ todo --check
Warning! You should have already done this!:
--------------------------------------------
2016-08-04  |  website.py  |  # TODO(zeb[2016-08-04]): Remove this when AB test ends

If you want that to happen every time you start a shell, you can

$ todo --install-to-bashrc

Or

$ echo 'todo --check' >> ~/.bashrc

You can manually edit todos by looking in ~/.todo.