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For developers new to submodules (notes/usability-plan.md, D32): - x and X read "restore to pin" and "restore committed pins" - problems only, filter and fetch are shown in the footer - ? shows every key in titled columns, then a legend of the status words, symbols and spine roles; esc closes it - u reads "pull (fast-forward)" on the superproject - the detail pane suggests f when the last fetch is old - a hint above the footer until the first key - the header says "staged", like the tree Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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submarine — documentation
submarine is a terminal UI for git repositories with many (recursively nested)
submodules. It shows the submodules, as a collapsible tree (plus the state
of the superproject itself in the header), and
describes each pin as a branch plus distance (origin/main ↓1) instead of a
bare commit hash.
Documents
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| requirements.md | What the tool must do: functional and non-functional requirements |
| state-model.md | How a submodule's state is determined, summarized into issues, and how pins are resolved to refs |
| ux-guide.md | Layout, attention hierarchy, colors, wording, navigation and key bindings |
| architecture.md | Package layout, the provider boundary, async loading, testing |
| actions.md | the write actions restore, switch branch and update pin |
| decisions.md | Decision log with rationale (ADR style) |
Install
curl -fsSL https://git.simon-franken.de/simonfranken/submarine/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sh
Installs submarine and the alias sub (linux/macOS, amd64/arm64) to
~/.local/bin. Update with submarine update. Maintainers publish with
GITEA_TOKEN=… make release (see architecture).
Status
Prototype. The UI is complete for browsing. It reads real repositories
through a git provider (internal/submodule/git): submarine [dir]. It
fetches only when asked (f) and follows changes made in other shells. submarine --mock shows
the built-in mock data (internal/submodule/mock). ! shows only
submodules with problems. x restores the selection (X also drops
staged pins), b switches its
branch and u updates a pin that is behind (actions.md).
Next steps, roughly in order:
- (done) Write actions: restore, switch branch, update pin, see actions.md. Stage pin was dropped (D29).
- (done) "Problems only" (
!) view, reusing the tree's filter. - Usability pass for users new to submodules, see notes/usability-plan.md. The low-effort items are done (D31, D32); next are the issue hints and the palette that fits the selection.