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OSTree-TUI

A terminal user interface for OSTree.

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Welcome to OSTree-TUI. This project provides a more user friendly approach to a OSTree interface. It's purpose is to assist developers when using the command line to interact with OSTree (not to replace the command line interface completely).

Usage & Features

  • Navigate all commits on all branches on a git-like commit tree
  • View all details to the selected commit you would also get through an ostree show
  • Filter branches, if the screen gets too buzy for you
  • Drag-and-drop commits onto branches to promote them (or use Alt+P)
  • Most features support keyboard input and mouse input

To start the OSTree-TUI, simply type ostree-tui <repo_path> (replace <repo_path> with the path to the desired repository), or ostree-tui --help to see its options. Navigating the application is possible with the arrow keys, or mouse input. Special actions are described in the bottom-bar.

Upcoming features can be viewed in the issues!

Installation / Build instructions

Normal build:

To build OSTree-TUI on your system, just execute the following steps:

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone [email protected]:AP-Sensing/ostree-tui.git
# or use https://github.com/AP-Sensing/ostree-tui.git if you haven't set up your ssh-key
cd ostree-tui
  1. Build with CMake (requires you to have ostree installed on your system, just follow the error messages):
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --parallel
# The binary will be located in `./bin/ostree-tui`.
# To install, use `make install DESTDIR=<target_destination>`