Git Backend Prototype

This project is a prototype of GUI based git functionalities. This was made as a Proof of concept (PoC) for [DMP: 2025] Sugar Labs issue #4534 Git backend for Turtle Blocks and Music Blocks.

💡 Objective

This prototype aims to apply git methods programatically in the backend and use them using a simple UI from the frontend without being overwhelmed by the complexity of traditional Git interfaces.

This project features a single repo based git architecture where users can use simple interfaces like buttons to interact with the backend and use git commands like add, commit, status, log, etc.

💻 Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Backend: Node.js and simple-git

📦 Installation

To install this and launch locally follow these steps:

• Clone this repository

  git clone https://github.com/NexusWasLost/git-backend.git

• Navigate into the directory

  cd git-backend

• Make a blank folder(works as the repo)

  mkdir base-dir

• Install the dependencies

  npm install

• Run the server

  npm start

The Server runs on PORT 3000

📄 Screenshots

ℹ Information

• This Project is just a simple prototype for reference and not a finished product.
• Others are invited to fork this repo and update the project as their liking.
• This project only features a single - repo architecture, so no multiple repos can be created. But a idea to a multi-repo architecture is provided in the multi-repo-idea.md.
• This is a very simple and basic prototype and lacks all major features of git like branching, forking, history, etc.