Serie is a Git history viewer focused on making commit graphs easier to read without turning into a full Git client. It presents repository history through an interactive text-based interface and renders the graph itself using image protocols supported by compatible terminal emulators. The design keeps the commit graph central while still giving access to useful context around individual commits, references and changes.
The program is aimed at users who are comfortable working with Git but find the output of git log –graph difficult to follow in repositories with more complicated histories. Configuration is stored in a TOML file, and most key bindings can be changed to suit an existing workflow.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays a rich visual commit graph alongside repository history.
- Supports chronological and topological commit ordering.
- Offers rounded and angular graph edge styles.
- Provides automatic, single and double graph-width modes.
- Lets users choose whether the initial selection follows the latest commit or HEAD.
- Includes searching for navigating larger histories.
- Shows detailed commit information and repository references.
- Supports custom key bindings through its configuration file.
- Can run user-defined external commands from inside the interface.
- User commands can display output in a dedicated view, run in the background or suspend Serie for an interactive program.
- Supports the iTerm2 inline-image protocol and Kitty graphics protocol.
- Works with Kitty’s Unicode placeholder graphics mode, including limited tmux compatibility.
Website: github.com/lusingander/serie
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Developer: Kyosuke Fujimoto
License: MIT License
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