docker-git-alpine

Git client container built from source (currently 2.15.0) running on Alpine.

Forked from https://github.com/alpine-docker/git. Main difference with the original project: git is compiled from source, so that we can have the very last version.

usage

docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git thirteenio/git-client <git_command>

For example, if you need clone this repository, you can run

docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git thirteenio/git-client clone https://github.com/thirteenio/git-client.git

Optional usage 1:

To save your type, add this fuction to ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile

$ cat ~/.profile

...

function git () {
    (docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git thirteenio/git-client $@)
}

...

$ source ~/.profile

for example, if you need clone this repository, with the function you just set, you can run it as local command

git clone https://github.com/thirteenio/git-client.git

Optional usage 2:

alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh thirteenio/git-client"

NOTES:

• You need redefine (re-run) the alias, when you switch between different repositories
• You need run above alias command only under git repository's root directly.

Demo

$ cd application
$ alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh thirteenio/git-client"
$ git clone git@github.com:YOUR_ACCOUNT/YOUR_REPO.git
$ cd YOUR_REPO
$ alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh thirteenio/git-client"
# edit several files
$ git add . 
$ git status
$ git commit -m "test"
$ git push -u origin master

The Protocols

Supports git, http/https and ssh protocols.

Refer: Git on the Server - The Protocols

TODO

• Optimise binary size (make them smaller)
• More builds for previous versions of git
• Fix "git diff" output which doesn't take colors into account