Package request: GitButler

[Arya-Elfren]

Project description

GitButler is a git client that lets you work on multiple branches at the same time. It allows you to quickly organize file changes into separate branches while still having them applied to your working directory. You can then push branches individually to your remote, or directly create pull requests.

In a nutshell, it's a more flexible version of git add -p and git rebase -i, allowing you to efficiently multitask across branches.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://gitbutler.com/
• source URL: https://github.com/gitbutlerapp/gitbutler
• license: FSL-1.0-MIT
• platforms: linux, darwin

[thomaseizinger]

cinny-desktop is also a Tauri app so the packaging is likely similar: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny-desktop/default.nix

[hacker1024]

I'll work on this over the weekend, unless anyone has already started?

[dit7ya]

I don't think building from source is gonna be easy, precisely as we don't have #231513 done yet and this project uses pnpm workspaces. You can however wrap the Appimage though.

[bobvanderlinden]

I've made #289131. Still draft. It does start the application, but clicking buttons results in problems on my system 😅

For a quick run:

NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix run --impure github:bobvanderlinden/nixpkgs/pr-gitbutler#gitbutler

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Update: it's now mostly working. The signin/login still gives an error and it's still unclear why.

Also, I don't think I'll use gitbutler regularly atm, so it might be best if someone else wants to volunteer as maintainer of this package 😅

[hacker1024]

I have made a PR that builds from source and has no issues with logging in (that just needed glib-networking).

#289664

[oenu]

Is this request open to contributions?

[Aleksanaa]

Is this request open to contributions?

Would be best to wait for #289664 a while, if that PR goes abandoned, you can ask the author if it's okay to open another