git-mango-helper

Git remote helper for Mango.

Install

The package now uses an external IPFS node instead of one created from inside the code. Installing an IPFS node is fairly easy:

npm install -g ipfs

Then simply install git-mango-helper globally.

npm install -g git-mango-helper

This will install the git-remote-mango executable which will be used by git to support the mango:// protocol.

Usage

First, make sure you have an IPFS node running.

jsipfs daemon

Then simply use git normally with a mango address:

git pull mango://0x890fe361f9ede4ad40a3cac75877f9cd1183e0ab

Future work

Right now, git-mango-helper connects by default to an IPFS node at localhost port 5002. A config command will be needed to work in production.

A NodeJs library would also be useful.

License

GPL v3

Copyright (C) 2016 Alex Beregszaszi

Some of this code is based on snippets from https://github.com/clehner/memory-pull-git-repo:

Copyright (c) 2016 Charles Lehner

Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is notified of this instrument.

DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.