Handy GitHub File Explorer

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17847011

by alexmdodge • 8 years ago

10 17 8 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

This tool is for those developers who often review long and tedious pull requests on GitHub. I wrote a Chrome Extension that generates a simple and seamless file explorer in the GitHub pull request view. Let me know what you think:

https://gde.alexdodge.ca/

bdcravens• 8 years ago

How is it differentiated from Octotree?

alexmdodge4• 8 years ago

Octotree is a much larger extension which has a extended scope. This was built as a small, seamless file explorer to support the GitHub pull request view. I think of it more like a component than an actual full augmentation.

piecu• 8 years ago

What about Firefox support?

alexmdodge4• 8 years ago

I was reading about a general extension abstraction library that would offer this support, so hopefully a plan for the future!

dewiz3• 8 years ago

an extension I'd welcome for GitHub code reviews, is one tracking the review progress, e.g. allowing to flag on/off which files have been reviewed and which not

piotrkaminski3• 8 years ago

Then you might want to check out https://reviewable.io -- not an extension but does integrate with GitHub pretty nicely. (Disclaimer: I'm the founder.)

dewiz3• 8 years ago

thanks for reminding me about this, I tried it a while back but eventually abandoned it, because of complex UI (lack of file tree on the side; the file matrix at the top doesn't make it easier to keep status; many buttons don't have a onmouseover tip so it's not clear what they, e.g. if the cause some state change; UI very different from GitHub leading to extra friction with team members) and the noise it generates in GitHub, for users who uses just GitHub

alexmdodge4• 8 years ago

Something I have in the pipeline. I hope to add a feature which lets you toggle which items have been reviewed which would show up in the explorer.

jwilk2• 8 years ago

Consider putting “Show HN:” in the submission title.

DoreenMichele• 8 years ago

That's a good suggestion, but a better one would be: Consider reading the rules for Show HN and then submitting it properly as a link with the title starting with Show HN.

Rules:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

jwilk2• 8 years ago

The message “You need to enable JavaScript to run this app” in unreadable. It's black on dark violet.

monkpit• 8 years ago

The page could use some love in safari on iPhone. Text is off center, the check mark icons are different sizes, and the image at the bottom of the page is larger than the border that’s supposed to be around it.

alexmdodge4• 8 years ago

Noted. With the extension only available on desktop I put a focus on getting a simple page up which would direct users the right way. Will give this some attention in the next iteration.

evoneutron• 8 years ago

so many haters on HN. maybe write smt useful yourself before criticizing the product

Handy GitHub File Explorer

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