Feature request: index files from git commits

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dan
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Feature request: index files from git commits

Post by dan »

It would be useful if Everything could browse/search files inside git repositories — not just the working tree, but files as they exist in committed history.

Everything already does something analogous with zip/rar/7z archives via container filenames. A git repo's object store is conceptually similar: a content-addressed archive of file snapshots. Exposing committed files (perhaps scoped to HEAD, or selectable branches/commits) would let you search across your entire codebase including files that have been deleted or moved.

I searched the forum and couldn't find this suggested before. Interested to know if it's feasible or if others would find it useful.
void
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Re: Feature request: index files from git commits

Post by void »

You could probably do something now by saving the git repo as an EFU file list.

I will consider a plugin to index git repositories.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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