multi-branch

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Multi Branch

did you ever want to run more than one branch of your code at a time? and have the ability to switch between them by simply setting an HTTP header key named 'branch'

To easily use multi-branch install ModHeader extension for chrome. you can set the "branch" header key with this tool.

Installation

1. install the package

npm install multi-branch --save

1. add this command to your existing npm start command

multi-branch --only=staging --branches=master,stage --default-branch=stage &&

example (package.json):

{
  "name": ...,
  "version": ...,
  "repository": ...,
  "author": ...,
  "license": ...,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "multi-branch --only=staging --branches=master,stage --default-branch=stage && node app.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    ...
  }
}

arguments:

    -p,--port to specify port MultiBranch will listen to

    --port-env to specify project port env name

    --default-branch to specify default branch for reverse proxy

    --only to specify multi branch run env

    -b,--branch comma separated branch names to run

    -h,--help to view help

Maintenance routes

[GET] /multi-branch

this route will be available at top of reverse proxy server and shows you information about branch processes

[GET] /multi-branch/stats

get last 100 process usage stat

[GET] /multi-branch/logs