washingtone/source-control-tool repository overview

⁠Source Control Tool (sc)

sc is a distributed source control system designed for developers to manage their code repositories efficiently. This lightweight tool offers intuitive commands for version control and collaboration.

⁠Features

• Initialize repositories
• Create, switch, and manage branches
• Add files to staging and commit changes
• Merge branches
• View commit history and repository status
• Clone repositories

⁠Usage

Run the following command to see all available options:

sc --help

⁠Commands

⁠init

Initialize a new repository. By default, the main branch is named main.

sc init

⁠branch [branch]

List all branches or create a new branch.

• To list all branches:

  sc branch
  

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• To create a new branch:

  sc branch <branch-name>
  

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⁠switchto <branch>

Switch to a specific branch.

sc switchto <branch-name>

⁠merge <branch>

Merge a branch into the current branch.

sc merge <branch-name>

⁠status

Show the working tree status.

sc status

⁠add <file>

Add a file to the staging area.

sc add <file-name>

⁠commit [options]

Record changes to the repository.

• To commit all staged changes:

  sc commit -m "Your commit message"
  

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⁠log [options]

View the commit history.

sc log

⁠clone [options] <repository>

Clone a repository.

sc clone <repository-url>

⁠help [command]

Display help for a specific command.

sc help <command>

⁠Example Workflow

1. Initialize a repository:

   sc init
   

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2. Create and switch to a new branch:

   sc branch feature-xyz
   sc switchto feature-xyz
   

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3. Add files to the staging area:

   sc add index.js
   

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4. Commit changes:

   sc commit -m "Added index.js"
   

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5. Merge the feature branch into the main branch:

   sc switchto main
   sc merge feature-xyz
   

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6. View the commit history:

   sc log
   

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⁠Author

Washingtone Jalang'O Otiene