A command-line interface for GitHub that uses the GitHub API instead of git binary.
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cheruvian/node-git/refs/heads/main/install.sh > ~/git-install.sh && source ~/git-install.shThe quick install command above will:
- Create a
~/bindirectory if it doesn't exist - Download the CLI to
~/bin/git - Make it executable
- Add it to your PATH for the current session
- Create a
gitalias for the current session
- Create a GitHub Personal Access Token with repo scope
- Set the token as an environment variable:
Or create a
export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here.envfile with:GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here
git init- Initialize a new repositorygit clone owner/repo- Clone a repositorygit push <message>- Push changes with commit messagegit status- Show working tree statusgit diff [filepath]- Show changesgit reset [filepath]- Reset to last snapshotgit remote add owner/repo- Add remote repositorygit remote show- Show remote infogit submodule add owner/repo- Add a submodulegit submodule status- Show submodules statusgit submodule push owner/repo- Push submodule changes
- Uses GitHub API for operations
- Respects .gitignore patterns
- Supports basic git operations
- Colorized output
- Detailed error messages
- Node.js 16 or higher
- GitHub Personal Access Token
- GitHub account