Editing Git projects in BBEdit (Branch awareness)

[Pete Walker]

Hi,

I currently use BBEdit alongside GitHub for Mac to manage our projects.

One of Git's killer features is the ease with which you can create new branches and then switch between them - it would be great if BBEdit had some awareness of the branch you're currently working on.

The main feature I'm looking for is for the currently open files of a project to be branch-aware.

For example, if I switch branches in git, it would be useful if BBEdit would change the currently open files to a set specific to that branch.

That means if I have to create a new branch to deal with a specific issue, I can have a clean slate to work with, and then when I switch back, I can carry on from where I left off.

Does this make sense?

Thanks,

Pete

[Steve Samuels]

I use git via SourceTree, a local GUI app. When I switch branches,
open (and closed) BBEdit documents change to the versions in the last
commit of the switched-to branch. Since SourceTree just issues git
commands (switching is "checkout"), I don't know why it doesn't happen
for you.

Steve

[Charlie Garrison]

Good morning,

On 29/02/12 at 6:36 AM -0800, Pete Walker
<crayz...@gmail.com> wrote:

>The main feature I'm looking for is for the currently open
>files of a project to be branch-aware.
>
>For example, if I switch branches in git, it would be useful if
>BBEdit would change the currently open files to a set specific
>to that branch.
>
>That means if I have to create a new branch to deal with a
>specific issue, I can have a clean slate to work with, and then
>when I switch back, I can carry on from where I left off.

Sounds like you want project files. Create a different project
for each branch and then you can have just the files you want to
work on. If that doesn't quite do it then try Workspaces; create
a different one for each branch.

With a bit of scripting and projects/workspaces you should be
able to get BBEdit to 'change' when you change branches. And
that type of flexibility is one of the things that makes BBedit
not suck.

Charlie

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