GitHub - alainrk/navcom: Navigate git commits

navcom - Navigate Git Commits

A simple bash script to navigate through git repository commits chronologically, perfect for studying a codebase's evolution.

Lets you step through commits in chronological order (oldest to newest)
Jump to first commit with first, navigate forward with next, or backward with prev
Automatically tracks your progress
Shows commit details at each step

This installs the script as navcom in /usr/local/bin.

sudo cp bin /usr/local/bin/navcom
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/navcom

Navigate to any git repository and run:

# Jump to first commit
navcom first

# Move to next commit (chronologically)
navcom next

# Move to previous commit
navcom prev

On first run, it will initialize by scanning the repository's commit history.

First Run: Creates a chronological list of all commits in the default branch
Navigation: Checks out commits in order and tracks your position
Progress: Stores tracking data in .git/nc-progress and .git/nc-commits

To start over from the beginning:

rm .git/nc-progress .git/nc-commits