alexmdodge / github-diff-explorer

The GitHub Diff Explorer is a Chrome/Firefox extension that generates a seamless file explorer with a minimalist focus.

The GitHub Diff Explorer is a minimalist browser add-on which generates a seamless file explorer in GitHub pull requests. Currently the add-on is available in both Chrome and Firefox.

A big thanks to Andela Denaro for the logo and banner design!

Features

• More screen real estate with a full width view and a re-sizable explorer
• Improved review management and organization with collapsible folder views
• Deep links to line references and review comments

Install

This extension requires:

• Node (>v8)
• NPM (>v5)

To test this locally in Chrome:

• Pull this repository locally
• npm install
• npm start will run a local development copy, un-minified, with logging enabled
• Navigate to chrome://extensions/
• Enable developer mode
• Load unpacked extension from dist/chrome
• Go to a GitHub Files Changed tab in any repo.
• Enjoy!

Release

To build a full released version for both Chrome and Firefox:

• npm install
• npm run release

Bundled .zip files and production assets will be in dist/chrome and dist/firefox respectively.