bblame 0.7.0
An ncurses app for browsing file git history
License: MIT
Keywords: better git blame history curses ncurses

bblame
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``bblame`` is an interactive ncurses git blame viewer. Allowing you to explore the git history of a file.

Features
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- Browse forwards and backwards through file history a commit at a time
- Select a line and drill into the history past the commit that changed that line most recently
- Full code syntax highlighting support
- Display the git ``show`` for the commit of any selected line
- Browse file history across file renames

Usage
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``bblame`` is a curses application. Usage will be displayed when called with no arguments or ``-h`` ``--help``::

	usage: __main__.py [-h] [--revision {revision}] [--debug] [--version]
					   filename [+{line_num} or +/{search_pattern}]

	positional arguments:
	  filename              Name or path to file to blame
	  +{line_num} or +/{search_pattern}
							The line number or search pattern the cursor will be positioned on (this arg will put bblame in visual mode)

	optional arguments:
	  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
	  --revision {revision}, -r {revision}
							The revision to initialize the blame file to
	  --debug               Increase logging and show tracebacks
	  --version             show program's version number and exit

To show available commands while running ``bblame`` use the ``h`` key, which will display the key to action bindings, example below::


    KEYS: ACTION - DESCRIPTION
    --------------------------
     q:   Quit
        Quit the application

     /:   Search
        Search downward through the current blame or commit

     n:   Next Search Match
        Jump to the next search match (in the downward direction)

     N:   Prev Search Match
        Jump to the prev search match (in the upward direction)

     v:   Visual Select Mode
        Enter visual select mode (only from normal mode)

     o:   Show/View Commit
        Show a commit selected by the visual mode cursor

     O:   Show/View file Commit
        Show the current revision commit

     ESC:   Normal Mode
        Return to Normal mode

     ENTER, d:   Drill Down
        Drill down past the commit highlighted in visual mode. Opens a new git blame

     <, ,:   Parent blame
        Move to git blame of the parent of current commit
        (i.e. traverse backwards through history, one commit at a time)

     >, .:   Ancestor blame
        Move to git blame of the ancestor of current commit
        (i.e. traverse forwards through history, one commit at a time)

     BACKSPACE, DC, f:   Pop Back
        Pop back to previous git object

     g, HOME:   Jump to Top
        Jump to the top of the screen

     G, END:   Jump to Bottom
        Jump to the bottom of the screen

     h:   Help
        Display the help message

     s:   Toggle Syntax Highlight
        Toggle syntax highlighting on or off. Showing or hiding syntax
        highlighting ONLY IF IT IS ENABLED.

     H:   Jump to HEAD
        Jump to a blame of the most recent commit for the file

     T:   Jump to TAIL
        Jump to a blame of the first commit for the file


Installation
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::

     sudo -H pip install bblame

or ::

    python setup.py install

Issue
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Issue tracker can be found `here`__

__ https://bitbucket.org/niko333/betterblame/issues?status=new&status=open

Plugins:
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You'll find a plugins dir if you clone the git repo (or browse to it on bitbucket)
I'm a vim guy, so that means so far there is only a vim plugin ;)
Though, I encourage pull requests or links to repos containing plugins for other editors/software!

Development:
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Pull requests welcome

Git repo can be found `here`__

__ https://bitbucket.org/niko333/betterblame

Dependencies you'll need to install with your package manager for dev and test:

- ``pip``/``pip3`` (bblame supports both 2.7.X and 3+ versions of python)
- ``tmux`` (a dependency of the curses unit test library, hecate)
- ``make``

The rest of the dependencies can be installed with:

- ``make py_env``

Useful Dev Notes:

- run ``make check`` to execute static analysis and unittests
- run ``python -m betterblame <args>`` in root of ``betterblame.git`` to run an
  instance of ``bblame`` with your changes
- You can use the test files in ``tests/testfiles/`` for manual testing.