git-snapshot

git-snapshot is a tool to take a snapshot of the directory and creates/updates another branch, like git subtree split --squash.

Summary

git-snapshot is a tool to take a snapshot of the directory and creates/updates another branch, like git subtree split --squash.

• git-snapshot is a sub-command of git
• Take a snapshot of the directory as a commit
• Simple and fast
• Unlike git subtree split, you can split from the directory in which you want

To take a snapshot, subtree split vs snapshot

subtree split	snapshot
git subtree split --rejoin --prefix=path/to/target snapshot	git snapshot --prefix=path/to/target --branch=snapshot
👍 Official command - Contain all history 👎 Long commit log 👎 No squash option 👎 No support for moving target directory	- No history 👍 Short commit log 👍 Fast operation 👍 Any target directory

Installation

Global installation

Install globally (add to your PATH) and you can use git-snapshot as a git sub-command.

$ npm install -g git-snapshot 

Local installation

For Node modules projects we recommend installing git-snapshot locally.

$ npm install --save git-snapshot 

Usage

CLI Usage

usage: git snapshot --prefix=<path> --branch=<branch> --message=<message>
[--tag=<tag>] [--remote=<repository>] [--dry-run] [--cwd=<path>]

Required
  --branch, -b   the name of branch for split to                 [string] [required]

Options:
  --help, -h     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version, -v  Show version                                              [boolean]
  --prefix, -p   the name of the subdir to split out                        [string]
  --message, -m  commit message                                             [string]
  --author, -a   override the commit author                                 [string]
  --force, -f    allow force commit, tag, push                             [boolean]
  --tag, -t      tag name                                                   [string]
  --remote, -r   remote repository                                          [string]
  --dry-run, -d  skip publishing                                           [boolean]
  --debug        output debugging information                              [boolean]
  --cwd, -c      working directory                                          [string]

Code Usage

const gitSnapshot = require('git-snapshot')
 
// Options are the same as command line, except camelCase
// gitSnapshot returns a Promise
gitSnapshot({
  prefix: './Packages/SomePackage',
  branch: 'upm',
  message: 'Release 1.0.0',
  author: 'snapshot',
  force: false,
  tag: '1.0.0',
  remote: 'origin',
  dryRun: false,
  cwd: process.cwd(),
}).then(() => {
  // git-snapshot is done
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(`git-snapshot failed with message: ${err.message}`)
})

License

MIT

See Also

• GitHub page : https://github.com/mob-sakai/git-snapshot
• Changelog : https://github.com/mob-sakai/git-snapshot/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• npm page : https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-snapshot
• gitgraph.js (a git graph tool) : https://github.com/nicoespeon/gitgraph.js/tree/master/packages/gitgraph-js
• semantic-release (a npm release tool) : https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release