Ignore/drop committer when predicting "next typist"

[tedyoung]

I'm usually facilitating ensembles, so it'd be nice if I could tell mob to ignore me in the list of committers when displaying "... is (probably) next".

Perhaps an argument to mob next that adds something to the commit message ("ignore committer")?

This is currently extremely minor, but looking to the Team Timer (timer.mob.sh), this could be more important.

[simonharrer]

Interesting use case. Thanks for bringing this up. Just curious: so you are facilitating and sometimes take part as the typist but not every time? What are examples or triggers when you jump in as a typist?

[seanpoulter]

I can try to reply based on how I've seen Ted facilitate learning ensembles. He acts as a facilitator, coach, and product owner. He'll help the group set the goal for the session and refine the backlog, both of which result in notes committed to the repo. Occasionally he'll jump into the rotation if someone drops from the call unexpectedly, or to demo a Java refactoring with IntelliJ when we're short on time (he's honestly a wizard 🧙).

Does that help Simon? If you suggest an API I'd try for a PR or point me at another issue ;).