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Title:       Gitlog Client
Date:        2021-10-27
Tags:        smolnet, git, linux
Link:        https://spool-five.com/posts/2021-10-27-gitlog_client/
Word Count:  155
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This is a short followup to my previous post.

Gitlog on Port 9418[1]
=>[1] 2021-10-25-gitlog.gmi

The more I think about Solderpunk's idea, the more I love it. I also
really loved this recent post by mntn, which seems to provide a good
solution to the question of linking:

A Proposal for a Git Link Url[2]
=>[2] gemini://mntn.xyz/posts/2021-10-25-a-proposal-for-a-git-link-url/

I realised that a possible 'client' already exists for such a thing -
magit. I quickly checked, and magit does indeed have functions for
managing multiple repositories (things like 'magit-repository-directories'
and 'magit-list-repositories').

Here's what the interface looks like for a directory containing repositories
when you invoke 'magit-list-repositories':

Screenshot (png)[3]
=>[3] png

Not all that different from a news feed. It even sorts them by date.
Not everyone uses emacs, but it's still interesting to see how these
tools already exist.