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@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ If you run with the `--serve` option then it will start a lightweight webserver and output a URL you can connect to for dynamically visualizing and navigating the dependency graph. +### Setting up a `gitfile://` URL handler + +If you double-click any commit node on the dependency graph, your +browser will be asked to launch a handler for a `gitfile://...` URL +which points to that commit within the repository path on your local +filesystem. So if you configure your browser desktop environment, +you can have a program such as [`gitk`](http://git-scm.com/docs/gitk) +launch for viewing further details of that commit. Obviously this +only makes sense when viewing the graph via http://localhost. + +On most Linux machines, this can be set up via something like the +following: + + # First cd to the top of this git-deps repo. + repo="`pwd`" + ln -sf $repo/gitfile-handler ~/bin + ln -sf $repo/gitfile-handler.desktop ~/.local/share/applications + xdg-mime default gitfile-handler.desktop x-scheme-handler/gitfile + Development / support / feedback -------------------------------- |