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# submarine
**A terminal UI for git repositories with many submodules.**
See what needs your attention. Ignore the rest.
`git submodule status` gives you a wall of commit hashes. submarine answers
the questions you actually have:
- Which branch is this submodule on, and is the pin current?
- Which submodules need me, and which are fine?
- Is anything dangerous, like a pin nobody else can fetch?
![submarine showing a tree with nested submodules and the detail pane of an off-pin submodule that is one commit behind its branch](docs/images/overview.png)
## Why you might like it
- **Only submodules, as a tree.** Nested submodules at any depth, grouped by
directory, collapsed until you open them.
- **Branch plus distance, not hashes.** `origin/main ↓2` says more than
`b7c8d9e`. A pin on a feature branch shows that branch.
- **Problems are loud, healthy is quiet.** Submodules without issues are
muted `in sync`; a staged pin shows as blue `staged` (or a `●` after an
issue word). A collapsed parent counts the problems hidden below it
(`·1`) and shows `●` if a staged pin is hidden.
- **Words, not symbols.** Every state is a short word (`unpushed`, `conflict`,
`missing`, `off pin`, `changed`), so nothing depends on color alone.
- **Live.** Fetches in the background on startup and follows changes you make
in other shells within about two seconds.
- **Built for dozens to hundreds of submodules.** Each status loads
asynchronously, so the UI never freezes.
## Install
```sh
curl -fsSL https://git.simon-franken.de/simonfranken/submarine/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sh
```
Installs `sub` and `submarine` (linux/macOS, amd64/arm64) to `~/.local/bin`.
Both names start the same program; the examples below use the shorter `sub`.
Update later with `sub update`.
## Try it
```sh
sub # the repository in the current directory
sub ~/code/project # any directory inside a repository
sub --no-fetch # skip the background fetch
sub --mock # built-in sample data, no repository needed
```
`submarine` works everywhere `sub` does, e.g. `submarine --mock`.
## Examples
### Find what needs attention
Problems stand out: `unpushed` in red, `off pin` and `changed` in yellow,
everything else muted. Select a submodule to see the details on the right:
every issue in words, the resolved ref and why, the pinned, checked-out and
tip commits, and a preview of uncommitted changes.
```
src/ │ src/
core off pin origin/main │ net
▸ net [2] unpushed origin/main ↑1│
ui in sync origin/main │ unpushed pin not pushed to any remote
│
│ Ref origin/main ↑1
│ via checked out branch
│ Pinned b7c8d9e Hotfix null pointer
│ Checkout b7c8d9e Hotfix null pointer
│ Tip 6f5e4d3 Release 2.1.0
```
### Jump to a submodule with `/`
Press `/` and type. Only matching submodules (and the parents that lead to
them) stay. Your selection moves to the next match if it was filtered out.
```
libs/
▾ log in sync origin/main
modules/
nested changed origin/main
/ nest enter navigate • esc close
```
`enter` keeps the filter and gives you the normal keys back, `esc` removes
it and leaves your selection where it is.
### Copy a path
Select a submodule and press `c`. Its absolute directory lands in your
clipboard, ready for `cd <paste>`. It works over SSH too (OSC 52; in tmux,
`set -g set-clipboard on`).
### Fetch and reload
`f` fetches all repositories again, `r` reloads everything after you edited
files.
## Keys
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| `↑` `↓` / `j` `k` | Move |
| `←` `→` / `h` `l` | Fold / unfold, parent / first child |
| `H` `L` / `⇧←` `⇧→` | Collapse / expand all |
| `space` | Toggle the selected submodule |
| `home` `end` / `g` `G`, `pgup` `pgdn` | Jump, page |
| `/` | Filter |
| `c` | Copy path |
| `f` / `r` | Fetch / reload |
| `?` | Full help |
| `q` | Quit |
The mouse works too: click to select, click `▸` to toggle, wheel to move.
## Status
A prototype. Browsing is complete; the actions `u` (check out the pin),
`b` (bump the pin to the tip) and `!` (problems only) are planned.
## Documentation
Requirements, state rules, UX guide, architecture and the decision log are in
[docs/](docs/README.md).
## Development
```sh
go run ./cmd/submarine --mock # run on mock data
scripts/make-fixture.sh DIR # build a test superproject with every state
go vet ./... && go test ./...
```