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Browse github fast with GithubFinder

65 points by clyfe 16y ago

trustfundbaby 16y ago
You should change the name. Because of it, I was expecting some ultra fast github search ... it took me about a minute or two of staring at the interface to figure out it was just a repo browser. Nice job otherwise though.
- sr3d 16y ago
  The "Finder" in GithubFinder is actually for Mac OS X's Finder, whose interface I was mimicking.
- clyfe 16y ago
  I was always annoyed by the ajaxless slow github directory listing, especially on java-deep repos, when I stumbled on this project I found it a god-sent so I hurried to HN to post it.
  - sr3d 16y ago
    Thanks for the love :) It's funny because when I posted it a while back, my post went nowhere, couldn't even make it to the frontpage. I thought with the high number of Github users here on HN, it would get a bit more traction. But it got picked up by TheChangeLog and surprisingly a lot of Japanese sites. I guess the posting time on HN is very critical on how the post gets read and upvoted. Nonetheless, I'm glad that more people know about GithubFinder and I can help save their time. I'd highly recommend the Bookmarklet and the Userscript. Both are real time savers. There are other enhancements that I have not had a chance to implement, such as bookmarkable URL and better syntax highlighting, hopefully GHF will be even better when that's done.
    - clyfe 16y ago
      I marketed it better, ie. "browse fast"
mickeyben 16y ago
Very nice ! I always end up cloning the repository even if I just want to read it.
- bkhl 16y ago
  +1 Viewing code just became much easier, although I always like to open a lot of files :)
  - grandalf 16y ago
    maybe the app could capture alt-tab to toggle between the files you've already viewed in a repo.
- tomazmuraus 16y ago
  Yeah, same here. I will still need to clone a repo if I need to quickly find or grep for something, but it's definitely way more useful for reading through the code then the default github file browser.
notmyname 16y ago
Nice interface. I do see one issue, though. Click on a file in a subfolder, then click on a file in a top-level folder. Both remain highlighted. See the screenshot for an example. http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20shot%202010-11-19%20at%202.34.57%20PM.png http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20s...
- clyfe 16y ago
  contribute bugfixes to http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder
msbmsb 16y ago
All diff views are returning HTTP 301s instead of the commits for me, same for everyone else? I really like this viewer, definitely much easier to quickly browse a repo than normal. Also, link to original HN post by app author: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1630306 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1630306
- sr3d 16y ago
  This issue has been fixed. I was using a proxy to grab the raw file from Github via normal http, but recently Github has been defaulted to serve via https, and forces all normal http traffic to https with a 301, thus the proxy failed. I updated the code to us https instead so the diff view should be working again.
vrish88 16y ago
This provides such an improvement while browsing repos on Github. Now I won't have to clone a repository just look around!
xtacy 16y ago
ymacs [http://ymacs.org http://ymacs.org] integration would also be awesome. =)
j2d2j2d2 16y ago
I'd love the ability to grep these files
alexyoung 16y ago
Jubilator is a similar and very nice project: http://jubilator.thumblemonks.com/#/thumblemonks/jubilator http://jubilator.thumblemonks.com/#/thumblemonks/jubilator
bradly 16y ago
Making it even more impressive: "Github Finder is built as a contest entry into the 10K Apart contest (http://10k.aneventapart.com/ http://10k.aneventapart.com/)."
- sr3d 16y ago
  Sadly, it wasn't accepted into the 10K Apart contest, because I was using a small proxy script to grab the content of files for the code/diff view. I could have disabled the feature to re-submit, but I didn't want to have a crippled version out so in the end, I did not resubmit to the 10K apart contest. I had one hell of a time coding it up though. It was a lot of fun.
clyfe 16y ago
Related http://githubissues.heroku.com/ http://githubissues.heroku.com/ (built with capuccino)
wanderr 16y ago
Not working for private repos?
spiffworks 16y ago
It doesn't seem to be working with xml files. Any particular reason why? Otherwise awesome. Will be using it heavily.

65 points by clyfe 16y ago

You should change the name. Because of it, I was expecting some ultra fast github search ... it took me about a minute or two of staring at the interface to figure out it was just a repo browser. Nice job otherwise though.

sr3d 16y ago
The "Finder" in GithubFinder is actually for Mac OS X's Finder, whose interface I was mimicking.
clyfe 16y ago
I was always annoyed by the ajaxless slow github directory listing, especially on java-deep repos, when I stumbled on this project I found it a god-sent so I hurried to HN to post it.
- sr3d 16y ago
  Thanks for the love :) It's funny because when I posted it a while back, my post went nowhere, couldn't even make it to the frontpage. I thought with the high number of Github users here on HN, it would get a bit more traction. But it got picked up by TheChangeLog and surprisingly a lot of Japanese sites. I guess the posting time on HN is very critical on how the post gets read and upvoted. Nonetheless, I'm glad that more people know about GithubFinder and I can help save their time. I'd highly recommend the Bookmarklet and the Userscript. Both are real time savers. There are other enhancements that I have not had a chance to implement, such as bookmarkable URL and better syntax highlighting, hopefully GHF will be even better when that's done.
  - clyfe 16y ago
    I marketed it better, ie. "browse fast"

mickeyben 16y ago

Very nice ! I always end up cloning the repository even if I just want to read it.

bkhl 16y ago
+1 Viewing code just became much easier, although I always like to open a lot of files :)
- grandalf 16y ago
  maybe the app could capture alt-tab to toggle between the files you've already viewed in a repo.
tomazmuraus 16y ago
Yeah, same here. I will still need to clone a repo if I need to quickly find or grep for something, but it's definitely way more useful for reading through the code then the default github file browser.

notmyname 16y ago

Nice interface. I do see one issue, though. Click on a file in a subfolder, then click on a file in a top-level folder. Both remain highlighted. See the screenshot for an example. http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20shot%202010-11-19%20at%202.34.57%20PM.png http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20s...

clyfe 16y ago
contribute bugfixes to http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder

msbmsb 16y ago

All diff views are returning HTTP 301s instead of the commits for me, same for everyone else? I really like this viewer, definitely much easier to quickly browse a repo than normal. Also, link to original HN post by app author: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1630306 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1630306

sr3d 16y ago
This issue has been fixed. I was using a proxy to grab the raw file from Github via normal http, but recently Github has been defaulted to serve via https, and forces all normal http traffic to https with a 301, thus the proxy failed. I updated the code to us https instead so the diff view should be working again.

vrish88 16y ago

This provides such an improvement while browsing repos on Github. Now I won't have to clone a repository just look around!

xtacy 16y ago

ymacs [http://ymacs.org http://ymacs.org] integration would also be awesome. =)

j2d2j2d2 16y ago

I'd love the ability to grep these files

alexyoung 16y ago

Jubilator is a similar and very nice project: http://jubilator.thumblemonks.com/#/thumblemonks/jubilator http://jubilator.thumblemonks.com/#/thumblemonks/jubilator

bradly 16y ago

Making it even more impressive: "Github Finder is built as a contest entry into the 10K Apart contest (http://10k.aneventapart.com/ http://10k.aneventapart.com/)."

sr3d 16y ago
Sadly, it wasn't accepted into the 10K Apart contest, because I was using a small proxy script to grab the content of files for the code/diff view. I could have disabled the feature to re-submit, but I didn't want to have a crippled version out so in the end, I did not resubmit to the 10K apart contest. I had one hell of a time coding it up though. It was a lot of fun.

clyfe 16y ago

Related http://githubissues.heroku.com/ http://githubissues.heroku.com/ (built with capuccino)

wanderr 16y ago

Not working for private repos?

spiffworks 16y ago

It doesn't seem to be working with xml files. Any particular reason why? Otherwise awesome. Will be using it heavily.