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  5. pre-commit vs ungit

pre-commit vs ungit

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Overview

pre-commit
pre-commit
Stacks1.4K
Followers43
Votes0
GitHub Stars802
Forks95
ungit
ungit
Stacks13
Followers28
Votes2
GitHub Stars10.5K
Forks639

pre-commit vs ungit: What are the differences?

pre-commit: A slightly improved pre-commit hook for git. pre-commit checks your code for errors before you commit it. pre-commit is configurable; ungit: The easiest way to use git. On any platform. Anywhere. Clean and intuitive UI that makes it easy to understand git.

pre-commit and ungit can be categorized as "Git" tools.

Some of the features offered by pre-commit are:

  • debugger: make sure you don't commit a debugger statement
  • tabs: make sure your code uses leading spaces instead of tabs
  • whitespace: make sure you don't commit trailing whitespace

On the other hand, ungit provides the following key features:

  • Runs on any platform that node.js & git supports.
  • Web-based, meaning you can run it on your cloud/pure shell machine and use the ui from your browser (just browse to http://your-cloud-machine.com:8448).
  • Works well with GitHub.

pre-commit and ungit are both open source tools. ungit with 8.39K GitHub stars and 543 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than pre-commit with 755 GitHub stars and 96 GitHub forks.

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Detailed Comparison

pre-commit
pre-commit
ungit
ungit

pre-commit checks your code for errors before you commit it. pre-commit is configurable.

Clean and intuitive UI that makes it easy to understand git.

debugger: make sure you don't commit a debugger statement;tabs: make sure your code uses leading spaces instead of tabs;whitespace: make sure you don't commit trailing whitespace;jslint: syntax check your javascript before you commit it;ci: run a quick test suite before you commit
Runs on any platform that node.js & git supports.;Web-based, meaning you can run it on your cloud/pure shell machine and use the ui from your browser (just browse to http://your-cloud-machine.com:8448).;Works well with GitHub.;Gerrit integration through plugin: https://github.com/FredrikNoren/ungit-gerrit
Statistics
GitHub Stars
802
GitHub Stars
10.5K
GitHub Forks
95
GitHub Forks
639
Stacks
1.4K
Stacks
13
Followers
43
Followers
28
Votes
0
Votes
2
Pros & Cons
No community feedback yet
Pros
  • 1
    Simple
  • 1
    Integrates with gerrit

What are some alternatives to pre-commit, ungit?

Diff So Fancy

Diff So Fancy

diff-so-fancy builds on the good-lookin' output of git contrib's diff-highlight to upgrade your diffs' appearances.

TortoiseGit

TortoiseGit

It is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Windows shell extension and based on TortoiseSVN. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

GitUI

GitUI

It is a blazing fast terminal-UI for git written in Rust. You can inspect, commit, and amend changes. It has context-based help (no need to memorize tons of hot-keys).

pre-commit by Yelp

pre-commit by Yelp

If one of your developers doesn’t have node installed but modifies a JavaScript file, pre-commit automatically handles downloading and building node to run jshint without root. Pre-commit is a multi-language package manager for pre-commit hooks. You specify a list of hooks you want and pre-commit manages the installation and execution of any hook written in any language before every commit. pre-commit is specifically designed to not require root access.

rebase-editor

rebase-editor

Simple terminal based sequence editor for git interactive rebase. Written in Node.js, published to npm, uses terminal-kit.

hub

hub

hub is a command line tool that wraps git in order to extend it with extra features and commands that make working with GitHub easier.

Check It Out

Check It Out

Check It Out lets you interactively see and choose what branch you want to check out without the hassle of trying to type out a long or confusing branch name. Checking out branches just got even simpler!

hug-scm

hug-scm

A humane, intuitive interface for Git and other version control systems. Hug transforms complex and forgettable Git commands into a simple, predictable language that feels natural to use, keeping you focused on your code, not on wrestling with version control.

Git-Repo

Git-Repo

Control your remote git hosting services from the git commandline. The usage is very simple.

Git Flow

Git Flow

It provides excellent command line help and output. It is a merge based solution. It doesn't rebase feature branches.

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