git-recall

Simple and handy tool to easily recall what you've done

Purpose

git-recall is a simple tool that allows you to easily go through your commits and check what you or other contributors in your team did. It doesn't aim to be a replacement for the git log command, but just to be a convenient way to recall what you've done from your terminal.

Usage

$ git recall   [-a <author name>]
               [-d <days-ago>]
               [-b <branch name>]
               [-p <paths>]
               [-f]
               [-h]
               [-v]

Options description:

• -a - Restrict search for a specific user (use -a "all" for all users)
• -d - Display commits for the last n days
• -b - Specify branch to display commits from
• -p - Specify path/s or file/s to display commits from
• -f - Fetch the latest changes
• -h - Show help screen
• -v - Show version

How to use:

Once the commits are displayed, you can use either the arrow keys or j/k to switch between commits, press TAB or e to expand/reduce the commit's diff or q to quit.

Limitations:

when the number of lines between the commits list and a commit's diff is higher than the current terminal session's number of lines, the result will be displayed using the less program which will open the diff in a separate screen. You can still use either TAB or q to return to the commits list.

Examples

$ git recall
# By default (without options), the command will display commits from yesterday and
# for the current user.

$ git recall -d 5 -a "Doge"
# The command will show all Doge's commits from 5 days ago.

$ git recall -d 5 -a "all"
# The command will show commits of all contributors from 5 days ago.

$ git recall -f
# Fetch commits beforehand.

Installation

Without using tools

You can install it by simply copying the git-recall script into any existing path (e.g. /usr/local/bin) or create your own directory and add it to the PATH variable.

Make sure to run chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-recall or the directory in which you copied it to.

Using NPM

Use npm to install the project.

npm install --global git-recall

Manual install

Clone the project and install it using make install.

$ git clone https://github.com/Fakerr/git-recall.git
$ cd git-recall
$ sudo make install

Requirements

• OS: Linux or OSX
• Bash 4.3 or more
• Tools: git, less, sed

Optional Requirements

• For a better UX, it's recommended to have installed the lesskey program.

Contribution

Pull requests are welcome, along with any feedback or ideas.

License

MIT