Skinny

by Swaraj

A local subversioning command line tool, written for those who find git troublesome and difficult to use for simple backups and snapshots of projects.


Project maintained by swarajsaaj

Skinny

A local subversioning command line tool, written for those who find git troublesome and difficult to use for simple backups and snapshots of projects.

The name is derived form being a small tool than git (which is really muscular), but skinny provide you easy to learn four commands and only used for local source management, commit log init restore ..thats it four commands no big deal. But its power lies in its simplicity formanaging Directory and Project States by making Snaposhots using a command line.

TODO List of Upcoming features 1.Add diff command to see difference 2.See status of changed files 3.Add Distributed pushing and pulling

If you would like to get in Development or give reviews mail me at swarajsaaj@gmail.com

Installation

For Windows

  1. Download the winDownload folder Download ZIP
  2. Rename it to skinny and place it in C:
  3. Add this (C:\skinny\ ) to your system Variables 1.To do this run sysdm.cpl (without quotes) from your Start Button Search Box 2.Go to Advanced Tab 3.Go to Environment Variables 4.In System Variables Edit the PATH 5.In the end append ";C:\skinny" (without quotes) and save
  4. You can now use skinny using skn command in command line (cmd.exe)

For Linux

  1. Download the linuxDownload folder Download ZIP
  2. Rename it to skinny and place it in Root folder (/)
  3. Add this (/skinny/) to System Path Variables or alias it:- * To make an alias use "alias skn='java -jar /skinny/skn.jar'. * Or add "alias skn='java -jar /skinny/skn.jar" to your ~/.bashrc file.

  4. You can now use skinny using skn command in terminal

Usage

To initialize a repository in the current folder or directory you are working in e.g. C:\work>skn init This will make work folder a skn repository

To make the snapshot of current state (known as a commit) e.g. C:\work>skn commit "First state"

To restore state of working directory to a previous state with reference to a commit number (from log) e.g.C:\work>skn restore 14

To see the log history of previously committed snapshots with date and commit numbers for reference ? e.g.C:\work>skn log

To see all this help there

Authors and Contact

Skinny written by Swaraj Pal swarajsaaj@gmail.com or Facebook