Git Tool
Simplify checking out your Git repositories in a structured directory space
Git Tool is a powerful tool for managing your Git repositories, storing them in a consistent folder structure and simplifying access when you need it. The best place to get started is by reading our documentation.
Features
- Quickly open repositories whether they are already cloned locally or not, using your favourite Git services and a concise folder structure.
- Launch applications within the context of your repositories quickly and consistently.
- Weekly scratchpads to help organize random work and doodles with minimal effort.
- Aliases to make opening your most common repositories as quick as possible.
- Fast autocompletion on all platforms with support for "sequence search" (
ssgtmatchesSierraSoftworks/git-tool) as found in Sublime and VSCode.
Example
# Open the sierrasoftworks/git-tool repo in your default app (bash by default)
# This will clone the repo automatically if you don't have it yet.
gt o sierrasoftworks/git-tool
# Open the github.com/sierrasoftworks/git-tool repo in VS Code (if listed in your config)
gt o code gh:sierrasoftworks/git-tool
# Create a new repository and instruct GitHub to create the repo as well, if you
# have permission to do so.
gt new gh:sierrasoftworks/demo-repo
# Show info about the repository in your current directory
gt i
# Show information about a specific repository
gt i ado:sierrasoftworks/opensource/git-tool
# Open your shell in the current week's scratch directory
gt s
# This will clone the repo automatically if you don't have it yet.
gt o sierrasoftworks/git-tool
# Open the github.com/sierrasoftworks/git-tool repo in VS Code (if listed in your config)
gt o code gh:sierrasoftworks/git-tool
# Create a new repository and instruct GitHub to create the repo as well, if you
# have permission to do so.
gt new gh:sierrasoftworks/demo-repo
# Show info about the repository in your current directory
gt i
# Show information about a specific repository
gt i ado:sierrasoftworks/opensource/git-tool
# Open your shell in the current week's scratch directory
gt s