On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:14:55 PM UTC+2, Joe Cabezas wrote:
hello!
i want to show uncommited changes using git instaweb, but instaweb only shows commited changes...
i just want to show the git diff output to someone easy..., there is any alternatives to git instaweb?, thank you
Interesting question. With a little trickery, you can get instaweb to do what you want.
Here's an example, I'll say I'm working on a repository ~/projects/gitblit
Step 1: Set up a temporary git repo to run instaweb and share your work-in-progress (WIP), and by that I mean your uncommitted changes:
cd ~/temp
git clone ~/projects/gitblit
cd gitblit
git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore #so we can push into this repo from our working repo
git instaweb
Now check that it's running properly on http://localhost:1234/
Step 2: Commit your working repo local changes into the sharing repo you just created, while leaving them intact in your working repo:
cd ~/projects/gitblit
# make some changes
git push -f ~/temp/gitblit master && GIT_DIR=~/temp/gitblit/.git git add -A && git commit -m "WIP"
Now check that there's a new commit called "WIP" on top in http://127.0.0.1:1234/?p=.git;a=summary
The one-liner above (you might consider saving it in a script of sorts) does the following:
git push -f..this resets the shared/instaweb repo to have the same state as your working repo- Sets
GIT_DIRto the shared repo, meaning it will be used for the next add/commit - Commits all your local changes (add/commit)
So, every time you want to share your current changes, just run the above one-liner (or script), and point people to the latest commit "WIP" in your instaweb.