A Three Finger Salute to Git 15 comments
David Letterman often asks: Is this anything? And now I ask you.
- Newer MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs can detect trackpad gestures (three finger swipe up, down, left, right).
- A new preference pane called MultiClutch makes it easy to call key commands when gestures occur.
- ThisService turns command line scripts into services with key commands.
The end result?
- Swipe up to
git push - Swipe down to
git pull - Swipe left to see
git status - Others are also possible!
Easy setup
Download my pre-packaged services and drop in Library/Services (local or systemwide…your choice).
Download MultiClutch and set commands for multitouch gestures that call the services.
You can try it at home!
Use ThisService to make a service that calls any shell script or even a Ruby script (start autotest, run rake, etc.).
I used a simple shell script that echoes a command to the Terminal.
#!/bin/sh
echo "git pull"Product placement
See the PeepCode Git Screencast to learn how to use Git.
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I think you have far to much time on your hands ;)
Genius!
This is slightly insane Geoff – but kinda cool.
Wow that is amazing! We could get a lot from MacBook Air after all. I have been reluctant to using it ever since I heard it does not have a disk drive.
Geoff you genius.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-finger_salute_(Serbian)#Connotations
@sr I was referring to this three finger salute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete
It’s also the Boy Scout sign:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-finger_salute
This is absolutely wonderful. And I’m upgrading my MB to a new MBP in about a month, so w00t! :)
Please, keep having too much time in your hands, as Vincent says
Brilliant use of the touch pad! One more reason to love working on a mac.
p.s. @larry I think you are commenting on the wrong post.
Geoff you are a fucking genius! Keep up the awesome pod and screen casting. You are an inspiration to us all.
wheres the code?
Awesome! But makes me want a new MacBook. :(
love the ‘is this anything’ reference! I was just thinking today about writing mac software to use gestures, great to know there’s an easy way to just add them to other folks’ wares.
woahh verrrry nice.. so I guess I can’t use this with my ages old macbook :( need a new one
sj
Now I just need a smackbook trigger to cycle through my branches.
Can I get a reset—hard HEAD if I punch the screen?