added commit message

.gitignore

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Ignore all files
+
 *.*
 
 # Whitelist
-
 !.gitignore
-!*.cls
 !*.tex
 !*.pdf
+!*.cls
 !*.jpg
 !*.md
-!.vscode
+!.vscode/
 !.vscode/**
 !build/*.*

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "Smart LaTeX Build",
-  "latex-workshop.formatting.latex": "latexindent"
+  "latex-workshop.formatting.latex": "latexindent",
+  "latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onSave"
 }

CV_Pedro_Cabral.tex

@@ -1,24 +1,84 @@
-\documentclass{custom-cv}
 
-\usepackage{fontawesome6} % for icons
+\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{pedro-moderncv}
+\moderncvstyle{classic} % Style options: 'casual', 'classic', 'oldstyle', 'banking'
+\moderncvcolor{blue}    % Color options: 'blue', 'orange', 'green', 'red', 'purple', 'grey', 'black'
 
-% \cvdebugtrue
+\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
 
-\setcvtitle{Pedro Miguel \textbf{Pessoa Cabral}}
-\setcvauthor{\faMobile\quad +49-(0)-176-57909188 \quad \faEnvelope\quad \href{mailto:pmpcabral@gmail.com}{pmpcabral@posteo.de}}
-\setcvphoto{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg} % Try commenting this out to see layout adapt
+% Personal data
+\name{Pedro Miguel}{Pessoa Cabral}
+\title{Curriculum Vitae}
+\address{Rittmeisterkoppel 14C}{22359 Hamburg}{Germany}
+\phone[mobile]{+49-(0)-17657-909188}
+\email{pmpcabral@posteo.de}
+\homepage{git.sueo.de/pcabral}
+\social[]{} % Optional: GitHub, LinkedIn, etc.
+\photo[3.5cm][0pt]{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg}
+
+\hyphenation{interpersonal}
+
+\linespread{1.05}
 
 \begin{document}
-\maketitle
 
-\section{Languages}
-\cvitem{Portuguese}{First Language}{}
-\cvitem{German}{Fluent}{}
-\cvitem{English}{Fluent}{}
-\cvitem{Spanish}{Good}{}
-\cvitem{French}{Basic}{}
+\makecvtitle
+
+\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\textwidth}
+    \section{Profile}
+    \cvitem{Date of Birth}{January 17\textsuperscript{th}, 1988}
+    \cvitem{Place of Birth}{Setúbal, Portugal}
+    \cvitem{Nationality}{Portuguese}
+\end{minipage}\hfill
+\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\textwidth}
+    \section{Languages}
+    \cvitemwithcomment{Portuguese}{First Language}{}
+    \cvitemwithcomment{German}{Fluent}{}
+    \cvitemwithcomment{English}{Fluent}{}
+    \cvitemwithcomment{Spanish}{Good}{}
+    \cvitemwithcomment{French}{Basic}{}
+\end{minipage}\hfill
 
 \section{Experience}
-\cventry{2017 -- Present}{Software Developer}{HR4YOU AG}{PHP, JavaScript, SQL}
+\cventry{Apr 2025 -- Present}{Professional Sabbatical}{}{}{}{
+    Dedicated time to personal development and family life following an intensive period in my career. Used this
+    opportunity to recharge, reassess long-term goals, and return with renewed focus and motivation for software
+    engineering.
+}
+\cventry{Jun 2021 -- Apr 2025}{Software Developer}{For Sale Digital Internet-Agentur GmbH}{Hamburg, Germany}{}{
+    PHP (\textit{native, Laravel, WordPress}), JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla, jQuery}), MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, TypeScript, React, Jenkins, ShipIt, Docker, Shopify.
+}
+\cventry{Feb 2017 -- May 2021}{Software Developer}{HR4YOU AG}{Großefehn, Germany}{}{
+    PHP, JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla, jQuery}), MySQL, CSS, LESS.
+}
+\cventry{Sep 2014 -- Apr 2016}{Support \& Operations}{SAFIRA/KPMG}{Carnaxide, Portugal}{}{
+    IBM Business Process Management, Forefront Identity Manager (\textit{FIM}).
+}
+\cventry{Apr 2013 -- Sep 2014}{Software Developer}{SAFIRA}{Carnaxide, Portugal}{}{
+    IBM BPM, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, SQL.
+}
+
+\section{Education}
+\cventry{2013}{Bachelor of Science}{Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa}{Caparica, Portugal}{}{}
+
+\section{Skills}
+\cvitem{Languages}{PHP, JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla}), TypeScript, MySQL, CSS, SCSS, HTML}
+\cvitem{Frameworks \& Libraries}{Laravel, React, jQuery, Bootstrap}
+\cvitem{Content Management Systems}{WordPress, Shopify}
+\cvitem{Development Tools}{PHPStorm, Visual Studio Code, Git, Composer, npm, Vite}
+\cvitem{DevOps \& Automation Tools}{Jenkins, ShipIt, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform}
+\cvitem{Software Development Practices}{Test-Driven Development (TDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Mobile-First Design}
+\cvitem{Soft Skills}{Effective team player, collaborator, and mentor; strong communication and interpersonal skills; experienced moderator}
+
+\section{About me}
+
+I believe there are no stupid questions --- only opportunities to learn, improve, and build better things together.
+
+\bigskip % bigger gap before Personal section
+
+When I'm not coding, you'll usually find me taking care of and entertaining my two lovely kids.
+
+\medskip % slightly smaller gap within Personal block
+
+I also love singing, acting, playing the didgeridoo, and chopping wood. I regularly take cold showers (or ice baths when temperatures drop below zero) in the morning.
 
 \end{document}

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Curriculum-Vitae
 
-This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` and the class
-`custom-cv.cls` has been completley designed by me.
+This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` using a slightly
+adapted version of [`moderncv`](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv), which
+renders a circular profile picture.
+
+> :information_source: This is my official current CV version
 
 ## Install TeX
 
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ If you are using VS Code, I highly recommend to install [LaTeX Workshop](https:/
 
 - [Article](../article/)
 - [Awesome-CV](../awesome-cv/)
-- [ModernCV](../moderncv) (**main CV variant**)
+- [Pedro-CV](../pedro-cv/)
 
 ##
 Developed with ♥ by Pedro Pessoa Cabral

build/propagate-commit-to-branches.sh

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if ! git rev-parse --verify --quiet "${COMMIT}^{commit}" >/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 COMMIT="$(git rev-parse --short "$COMMIT")"
+COMMIT_MSG="$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%s "$COMMIT")"
 PARENT_COUNT="$(git rev-list --parents -n 1 "$COMMIT" | wc -w | tr -d ' ')"
 
 if [[ "$PARENT_COUNT" -gt 2 ]]; then
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ handle_error() {
 
 trap handle_error ERR
 
-echo -e "${BLUE}Replicating commit ${COMMIT} from '${START_BRANCH}' to local branches.${RESET}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}Propagating commit ${BOLD}'${COMMIT}: ${COMMIT_MSG}'${RESET}${BLUE} from '${START_BRANCH}' to local branches.${RESET}"
 
 while IFS= read -r BRANCH; do
     if [[ "$BRANCH" == "$START_BRANCH" ]]; then

custom-cv.cls

@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-% =========================
-% custom-cv.cls  (2025-08-13)
-% =========================
-\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesClass{custom-cv}[2025/08/13 Custom CV class]
-
-% Base class
-\LoadClass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
-
-% Packages
-\RequirePackage[a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}
-\RequirePackage{xcolor}
-\RequirePackage{graphicx}
-\RequirePackage{tikz}
-\RequirePackage{titlesec}
-\RequirePackage{enumitem}
-\RequirePackage{hyperref}
-\RequirePackage{draftwatermark}
-\RequirePackage{fontspec}
-\RequirePackage{pgf} % for watermark autoscale
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Fonts (with fallback)
-% ---------------------------
-\IfFontExistsTF{Helvetica Neue}{
-  \setmainfont{Helvetica Neue}
-}{
-  \IfFontExistsTF{TeX Gyre Heros}{\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Heros}}{\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}}
-}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Colors
-% ---------------------------
-\definecolor{cvblue}{HTML}{1A4E8A}
-
-% Debug colors & borders
-\definecolor{debugtext}{HTML}{E0F7FA}
-\definecolor{debugtextborder}{HTML}{0D47A1}
-\definecolor{debugphoto}{HTML}{FFEBEE}
-\definecolor{debugphotoborder}{HTML}{B71C1C}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Debug flag & helpers
-% ---------------------------
-\newif\ifcvdebug
-\cvdebugfalse
-
-\newcommand{\debugboxtext}[1]{%
-  \ifcvdebug
-    \fcolorbox{debugtextborder}{debugtext}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
-  \else
-    #1%
-  \fi
-}
-
-\newcommand{\debugboxphoto}[1]{%
-  \ifcvdebug
-    \fcolorbox{debugphotoborder}{debugphoto}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
-  \else
-    #1%
-  \fi
-}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% CV storage + setters
-% ---------------------------
-\newcommand{\cvtitle}{}    % main title (name)
-\newcommand{\cvauthor}{}   % contact line
-\newcommand{\cvphoto}{}    % photo path
-
-\newcommand{\setcvtitle}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvtitle}{#1}}
-\newcommand{\setcvauthor}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvauthor}{#1}}
-\newcommand{\setcvphoto}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvphoto}{#1}}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Robust "is empty?" test (trim spaces)
-% ---------------------------
-\makeatletter
-\newcommand{\IfNotEmpty}[3]{%
-  \edef\cv@tmp{\zap@space\detokenize{#1} \@empty}%
-  \ifx\cv@tmp\@empty
-    #3%
-  \else
-    #2%
-  \fi
-}
-\makeatother
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Hyperlinks & lists
-% ---------------------------
-\hypersetup{
-  colorlinks=true,
-  urlcolor=cvblue,
-  linkcolor=cvblue
-}
-\setlength{\parskip}{0.4em}
-\setlist[itemize]{noitemsep,topsep=0pt}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Section formatting
-% ---------------------------
-\titleformat{\section}
-  {\large\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
-  {}{0em}
-  {\debugboxtext}
-  [\titlerule]
-
-\titleformat{\subsection}
-  {\normalsize\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
-  {}{0em}
-  {}
-
-\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% CV content commands
-% ---------------------------
-\newcommand{\cvitem}[2]{%
-  \debugboxtext{%
-    \noindent\textbf{#1:} #2
-  }\par
-}
-
-% \cventry{Title}{Date/Place}{Subtitle/Role}{Details}
-\newcommand{\cventry}[4]{%
-  \debugboxtext{%
-    \noindent\textbf{#2} \hfill {\small #1}\\
-    \IfNotEmpty{#3}{\textit{#3}\par}{}%
-    #4%
-  }\par\vspace{0.8em}
-}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% maketitle with adaptive layout
-% ---------------------------
-\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
-  \IfNotEmpty{\cvtitle}{%
-    \begin{center}
-      \IfNotEmpty{\cvphoto}{%
-        % Text + Photo
-        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.75\textwidth}
-          \debugboxtext{%
-            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
-            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
-          }
-        \end{minipage}%
-        \hfill
-        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.23\textwidth}
-          \debugboxphoto{%
-            \begin{tikzpicture}
-              \clip (0,0) circle (1.75cm);
-              \node at (0,0) {\includegraphics[height=3.5cm]{\cvphoto}};
-            \end{tikzpicture}
-          }
-        \end{minipage}
-      }{%
-        % No photo: full-width text
-        \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
-          \debugboxtext{%
-            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
-            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
-          }
-        \end{minipage}
-      }%
-    \end{center}
-    \vspace{1em}
-  }{}%
-}
-
-% ---------------------------
-% Watermark (auto-scale)
-% ---------------------------
-\newlength{\cvWatermarkWidth}
-\newcommand{\cvsetwatermark}{%
-  \ifcvdebug
-    \SetWatermarkText{DEBUG MODE}%
-    {%
-      \fontsize{5cm}{5cm}\selectfont
-      \settowidth{\cvWatermarkWidth}{DEBUG MODE}%
-    }%
-    \pgfmathsetmacro{\cvScale}{min(\paperwidth,\paperheight)/\cvWatermarkWidth*0.9}%
-    \SetWatermarkScale{\cvScale}%
-    \SetWatermarkColor[gray]{0.85}%
-  \else
-    \SetWatermarkText{}%
-  \fi
-}
-\AtBeginDocument{\cvsetwatermark}

pedro-moderncv.cls

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesClass{pedro-moderncv}[2026/02/24 Custom moderncv wrapper]
+
+\LoadClassWithOptions{moderncv}
+
+\RequirePackage{tikz}
+\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
+
+\AtBeginDocument{%
+  \makeatletter
+
+  % Safe scaled length
+  \newlength{\@photowidthscaled}
+
+  \patchcmd{\makecvhead}
+    {\includegraphics[width=\@photowidth]{\@photo}}
+    {%
+      % Copy original width
+      \setlength{\@photowidthscaled}{\@photowidth}
+      % Scale safely (no calc/dimexpr/TikZ parser issues)
+      \setlength{\@photowidthscaled}{1.2\@photowidthscaled}
+
+      \begin{tikzpicture}
+        \clip (0, 0) circle (\@photowidth/2);
+        \node at (-0.2cm, -0.3cm) {
+            \includegraphics[width=\@photowidthscaled]{\@photo}
+        };
+      \end{tikzpicture}
+    }
+    {}{}
+  \makeatother
+}