GIT-URI-Commands

This project registers a URI command for git. Allowing you to run GIT commands from URI links. Useful for triggering merges/commits without leaving your web browser.

Setup Steps

• Download the project as a zip
• Unzip the download
• Open GIT-URI-Commands/CustomProtocol/bin/Release/
• Shift right-click on GitCommand.exe and Run As Administrator
• This will install a custom URL handler for the GIT merge links
• Note: May need to setup a path for git in your environment variables if you don't have it setup already (reboot when done).
• You can now trigger any git command from a URI/URL
• Make sure you escape the url before running it (with encodeURIComponent or similar)

Examples

Triggering GIT from javascript

// note: the url must be encoded! Also notice no "git" is needed (the program will add this before running the command). Using "://" instead of ":" will break the command
window.location.href = `git-command:${encodeURIComponent(`clone https://github.com/SamKirkland/GIT-URI-Commands`)}`;

<!-- note: the url must be encoded! Also notice no "git" is needed (the program will add this before running the command). Using "://" instead of ":" will break the command -->
<a href="git-command:clone%20https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSamKirkland%2FGIT-URI-Commands">
    Clone this repo
</a>

Security notes

When installing please edit the source and whitelist all domains you trust to run this command.