graft

README

graft

A read-first, graph-first terminal Git navigator inspired by Git Graph.

Features

• Full-terminal git log --graph view with colored refs, subjects, relative time, and author.
• Composable graph filters for message, branch, tag, author, and path.
• Fuzzy branch/tag completion in filter mode.
• Vim-style graph search with /, n, and N.
• Keyboard and mouse commit navigation.
• Enter/click a commit to expand changed files inline.
• Enter/click a file to expand an inline side-by-side diff below it.
• Shift-J / Shift-K, Shift-Down / Shift-Up, PgUp / PgDn, or mouse wheel over the diff scrolls the inline diff.
• o opens the selected file diff in a full-screen internal diff view.
• f in full-screen diff toggles between changed hunks and full-file context.
• Shift-J / Shift-K in full-screen diff jumps between change occurrences.
• Esc returns from full-screen diff to the graph.
• c on two commits compares A..B and shows changed files/diffs for that range.

Requirements

• Go 1.22+
• git
• delta for side-by-side diffs

If delta is missing, graft falls back to a unified git diff.

Install

Install the latest public release with:

go install github.com/BananaBites/graft@latest

Make sure Go's bin directory is on your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"

go install puts the binary at $(go env GOPATH)/bin/graft, usually ~/go/bin/graft.

For a specific release/tag:

go install github.com/BananaBites/graft@v0.1.0

Update to the latest tagged release:

graft --update-to-latest-release

Update to the latest main branch version:

graft --update-to-latest-version

Usage

Run graft inside a Git repository:

graft

Or start in a specific repository/path:

graft /path/to/repo

Other command-line options:

graft --version
graft --update-to-latest-release
graft --update-to-latest-version
graft --completion bash

Update commands require Go and Git. They print the installed version and the exact target before installing.

Note on Go pseudo-versions

If you install from main, Go may report a version like:

v0.1.3-0.20260625130521-36b652797525

This does not mean there is a v0.1.3 tag. It is a Go pseudo-version for an untagged commit after v0.1.2. It sorts after v0.1.2 and before a future real v0.1.3 tag. Once v0.1.3 is tagged, that real release is newer than any preceding v0.1.3-0... pseudo-version.

Shell completion

Optional shell completion can be installed after graft is available on your PATH.

# bash
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions
graft --completion bash > ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/graft

# zsh
mkdir -p ~/.zfunc
graft --completion zsh > ~/.zfunc/_graft
printf '\nfpath=(~/.zfunc $fpath)\nautoload -Uz compinit && compinit\n' >> ~/.zshrc

# fish
mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/completions
graft --completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/graft.fish

Restart your shell afterwards. You can also just print a completion script with:

graft --completion bash
graft --completion zsh
graft --completion fish

Run from source

go mod tidy
go run .

Filtering

Press : to enter filter mode. Filters are composable; each accepted filter narrows the graph further.

:fix bug          # default: commit message grep
:msg fix bug
:branch main     # fuzzy-completes branches with Tab
:tag v1.0        # fuzzy-completes tags with Tab
:author hannes
:path main.go
:pop             # remove last filter
:clear           # clear all filters

F toggles branch/tag filters between:

• history: show commits reachable from the branch/tag
• decor: match branch/tag names in rendered decorations

Press / for a lightweight search within the currently visible graph, then n / N for next/previous match.

Comparing commits

1. Move to the first commit and press c to mark compare A.
2. Move to the second commit and press c to mark compare B.
3. The inline file list shows changes for A..B.
4. Open a file with Enter, or press o for full-screen diff.

Keys

Key	Action
↑/↓, k/j	Navigate commits/files; scroll full-screen diff
g / G	Jump to top / bottom in graph and full-screen diff
/	Search visible graph text; n/N jump next/previous
:	Add graph filter: branch main, tag v1, msg fix, author name, path file
Tab	Complete branch/tag while entering a filter
F	Toggle branch/tag filters between history mode and decoration-match mode
Enter, Space, click	Expand commit or file
Shift-J / Shift-K, Shift-Down / Shift-Up, PgUp / PgDn	Scroll inline diff
o	Open selected file diff full-screen
f	Toggle full-screen diff between hunks and full file
Shift-J / Shift-K, Shift-Down / Shift-Up	Jump between changes in full-screen diff
Esc	Back out / return from full diff
c	Mark compare commit A, then B
x	Clear compare
r	Reload graph
:clear	Clear graph filters
:pop	Remove last graph filter
q, Ctrl-C	Quit