gitonbrowser
gitonbrowser is a Git client on your web browser. Internally it is an express application that executes git commands behind the scenes and provides UI on any browser. One big advantage of gitonbrowser is that since it uses node and runs in a browser, it is platform independent and will run on any platform that supports node and a modern web browser.
Requirements
nodejs (https://nodejs.org)
Installation
- clone or download this repository anywhere on your computer.
cd
into the folder where you have cloned/downloaded this repository. You should be inside the folder with thepackage.json
file.npm install
npm start
- Open http://localhost:3000 in the browser of your choice.
To use another port (e.g. 4001), npm start 4001
.
Common Errors
One common error at this point might be that the node app doesn't have write access to your git files. In this case, open an elevated command prompt / terminal app and try the above steps.
Features
This is the list of features in this git client. There might be some features I might have missed out in this list.
- Clone
- Open existing repository
- Pull
- Push
- Stage individual/all files
- Unstage individual/all files
- Commit files
- Reset individual/all files
- View commit graph
- View commits
- View individual file's diff in a commit
- View individual file's history
- Create branches
- Commit and/or push to branches
- View stash, delete or stash changes
- Rebase commits
- Merge branches
- Handle Rebase conflicts (show conflicts, one click mark as resolved)
- Handle Merge conflicts
- Search for SHAs
- Search for commit messages, authors, diff and file names
- Delete Local Branches
- Checkout local and remote branches