Git Vista

A terminal tool for exploring Git repo history — commit analytics, file churn, and branch visualization without leaving the CLI.

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Overview

Git Vista is a command-line tool for exploring Git repository history and surfacing useful statistics. It parses the commit graph directly and presents contributor activity, file churn, and branch structure in a readable terminal interface.

Features

  • Commit analytics: Frequency, authorship breakdown, and activity over time
  • File churn: Identify the most frequently modified files across the repo’s history
  • Branch visualization: See divergence and merge patterns at a glance
  • Fast and local: Reads directly from the .git directory—no network calls, no hosted service