Testing out git-bars in terminal

by ioannisk 11 months ago

GNU/Linux ◆ alacritty ◆ bash 331 views

Playing around with git-bars functionality about a way of visualization of commits in a defined repository, with a “bar” layout printed out. In the example above I showcase the process of doing so plus a specific example about providing git-bars per days with -u (author) being “IKaramitsos”.

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You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 626131.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/626131.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 141, rows: 48 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/626131 demo.gif

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agg demo.cast demo.gif

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See agg manual for full usage instructions.