Git Lapse

Git Lapse helps developers utilize the effects of commits in version control. As a specialized tool, Git Lapse shows progression of code through multiple commits instead of Github's own side-by-side. This is targeted toward focused visualization of version control on a specific file. This project relies on LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, and PHP) to generate unique webpages for each commit and enables the user to see line-by-line changes over numerous commits. Git Lapse also generates a GIF for easy visualization.

Motivation

This was made in the Web and Mobile Development Research Lab at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology as a senior research project. I created this because I was annoyed by Github's solution to see multiple versions of a file and wanted to offer another alternative. Although they offer a "difference between consecutive commit" and "view repository at this commit," seeing multiple commits remains impossible. It's also difficult to find a specific version of a file with various contributors, branches, and commits.Git Lapse resolves this as a one stop solution to see all commit changes and its individual effects on files.

Installation

###Prerequisites This project requires LAMP and Composer to be installed.

###Windows / Linux

1. Make sure you have LAMP installed through XAMPP
2. Make sure you have Composer installed.
3. Download this repository using either option
   • Download as a zip
   • Using Git,git clone https://github.com/Jas1052/github_lapse.git
4. Go to installed LAMP folder and go to ~/opt/htdocs/ and open index.php through a text editor. Sublime works well but any text editor will do.
5. Start LAMP control panel

   • Windows: Search LAMP in search

   • Linux: sudo ~/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel with directory of lamp for ~/

     • Ubuntu: sudo /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel

Contributors

Made with love by Jason Liu