https://github.com/suzannesoy/2010-git-history

script that allows you to view the different versions of a file and step forward / backward through them.
https://github.com/suzannesoy/2010-git-history

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script that allows you to view the different versions of a file and step forward / backward through them.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/suzannesoy/2010-git-history
• Owner: SuzanneSoy
• License: other
• Created: 2010-08-19T03:35:28.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-03-19T20:07:52.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-21T12:11:29.436Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.markdown

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git-history

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Usage

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    Usage : sh git-hist.sh filename

    You must be in a directory versionned with git for this to work.

Features

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At the moment, you can view previous, next, first, last version, scroll up, down & back to top.

Dependencies

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* terminal with color & cursor movement ansi codes

* bash

* tput

* git

* unix tools : tail head nl tac cut

Background

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I've been looking for a tool that would visually "replay" the programmer's work, like a 24h/24 screencast of their editor, but played at an accelerated speed. The aim is to :

1. See the evolution of the whole project.

2. See the evolution of the contents of a single file.

[Gource](http://code.google.com/p/gource/) provides a soluion for aim #1, and Apple's "time machine" (Mac OS X) seems to provide something somehow related. But both seem to work with a granularity of files & folders, which is too big for aim #2 (I want to see the acual code being modified).

So I created a short script that allows you to navigate through the different versions of a single file.