Recent Commit Highlighter

A Chrome extension that enhances GitHub's repository view by highlighting recent commits, making it easier to track new changes in your repositories.

Features

• 🎨 Custom Highlight Color: Choose any color to highlight recent commits
• 📅 Configurable Time Range: Set how many days of recent commits to highlight (1-30 days)
• ⭐ Most Recent Commit: Option to always highlight the most recent commit, regardless of its age
• ✨ Visual Feedback: Smooth animation effect when highlighting commits
• 🔄 Real-time Updates: Changes take effect immediately as you navigate through GitHub

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/billyjacoby/recent-commit-highlight.git

2. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install

3. Build the extension:

   pnpm build

4. Load the extension in Chrome:

   • Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions
   • Enable "Developer mode"
   • Click "Load unpacked"
   • Select the build/chrome-mv3-dev directory

Usage

1. Click the extension icon in your browser toolbar to open the settings popup
2. Customize your preferences:
   • Choose your preferred highlight color
   • Set how many days of commits you want to highlight
   • Toggle whether to always highlight the most recent commit
3. Click "Save Changes" to apply your settings
4. Navigate to any GitHub repository to see the highlights in action

Development

This extension is built with:

• Plasmo - The browser extension framework
• React - For the popup UI
• TypeScript - For type safety
• Tailwind CSS - For styling

To start development:

pnpm dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.