Browse github fast with GithubFinder

http://sr3d.github.com/GithubFinder/?utm_source=bml&user_id=sr3d&repo=GithubFinder

by clyfe • 16 years ago

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mickeyben• 16 years ago

Very nice ! I always end up cloning the repository even if I just want to read it.

bkhl• 16 years ago

+1 Viewing code just became much easier, although I always like to open a lot of files :)

grandalf• 16 years ago

maybe the app could capture alt-tab to toggle between the files you've already viewed in a repo.

tomazmuraus• 16 years ago

Yeah, same here.

I will still need to clone a repo if I need to quickly find or grep for something, but it's definitely way more useful for reading through the code then the default github file browser.

notmyname• 16 years ago

Nice interface. I do see one issue, though.

Click on a file in a subfolder, then click on a file in a top-level folder. Both remain highlighted. See the screenshot for an example.

http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20s...

clyfe4• 16 years ago

contribute bugfixes to http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder

msbmsb• 16 years ago

All diff views are returning HTTP 301s instead of the commits for me, same for everyone else?

I really like this viewer, definitely much easier to quickly browse a repo than normal.

Also, link to original HN post by app author: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1630306

sr3d4• 16 years ago

This issue has been fixed. I was using a proxy to grab the raw file from Github via normal http, but recently Github has been defaulted to serve via https, and forces all normal http traffic to https with a 301, thus the proxy failed. I updated the code to us https instead so the diff view should be working again.

vrish88• 16 years ago

This provides such an improvement while browsing repos on Github. Now I won't have to clone a repository just look around!

xtacy• 16 years ago

ymacs [http://ymacs.org] integration would also be awesome. =)

j2d2j2d2• 16 years ago

I'd love the ability to grep these files

alexyoung• 16 years ago

Jubilator is a similar and very nice project:

http://jubilator.thumblemonks.com/#/thumblemonks/jubilator

bradly• 16 years ago

Making it even more impressive: "Github Finder is built as a contest entry into the 10K Apart contest (http://10k.aneventapart.com/)."

sr3d4• 16 years ago

Sadly, it wasn't accepted into the 10K Apart contest, because I was using a small proxy script to grab the content of files for the code/diff view. I could have disabled the feature to re-submit, but I didn't want to have a crippled version out so in the end, I did not resubmit to the 10K apart contest. I had one hell of a time coding it up though. It was a lot of fun.

trustfundbaby• 16 years ago

You should change the name.

Because of it, I was expecting some ultra fast github search ... it took me about a minute or two of staring at the interface to figure out it was just a repo browser.

Nice job otherwise though.

sr3d4• 16 years ago

The "Finder" in GithubFinder is actually for Mac OS X's Finder, whose interface I was mimicking.

clyfe4• 16 years ago

I was always annoyed by the ajaxless slow github directory listing, especially on java-deep repos, when I stumbled on this project I found it a god-sent so I hurried to HN to post it.

sr3d4• 16 years ago

Thanks for the love :) It's funny because when I posted it a while back, my post went nowhere, couldn't even make it to the frontpage. I thought with the high number of Github users here on HN, it would get a bit more traction. But it got picked up by TheChangeLog and surprisingly a lot of Japanese sites. I guess the posting time on HN is very critical on how the post gets read and upvoted. Nonetheless, I'm glad that more people know about GithubFinder and I can help save their time.

I'd highly recommend the Bookmarklet and the Userscript. Both are real time savers. There are other enhancements that I have not had a chance to implement, such as bookmarkable URL and better syntax highlighting, hopefully GHF will be even better when that's done.

clyfe4• 16 years ago

Related http://githubissues.heroku.com/ (built with capuccino)

wanderr• 16 years ago

Not working for private repos?

spiffworks• 16 years ago

It doesn't seem to be working with xml files. Any particular reason why? Otherwise awesome. Will be using it heavily.

Browse github fast with GithubFinder

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