Visual Git

Visual Git is the Git GUI I've wished existed so I wouldn't have to write it myself.

Some ideas Visual Git may or may not be built on:

• See everything you need without polling. Reduce mistakes by being aware of the state of your repository at all times.
• Interact with everything you see. You should be allowed to do anything, while staying informed of the consequences of any action.
• Learn git. Start from visually intuitive concepts and drill down all the way into git internals if you want to.

Installation

• Download Visual Git.
  For example:

  git clone https://gitlab.com/indigane/visual-git.git

• Download node binary and place it in runtime/. Node 20 recommended.
  For example:

  cd visual-git
  curl -L https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.11.1/node-v20.11.1-linux-x64.tar.xz | tar -Jxv --strip-components=2 -C runtime -f - node-v20.11.1-linux-x64/bin/node

• If you want to use a vg command, add visual-git/bin/ to PATH:
  For example temporarily:

  cd visual-git
  export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/bin

• Alternatively add visual-git/bin/vg as a git alias:
  For example:

  cd visual-git
  git config --global alias.vg '!'$PWD/bin/vg

Usage

• Run vg in a git repository.
• Alternatively run vg <path-to-repository>.

Using with docker

Build container with following command

docker build -t visualgit .

Start docker with following command in repository directory

docker run --rm -i -t -v .:/home/vision/repo -p 3000:3000 visualgit