[FEATURE] Call PuppyGit by Android Intents

[sewnie]

Feature Description
Adding the ability to run puppygit from other applications using Android Intents

Why This Feature is Useful
Other apps can easily interface with your git credentials and repository without the need for pain!

Alternatives
writing an app in Kotlin to use git library

[Bandeapart1964]

can you example an excatly use case?

[Bandeapart1964]

if i haven't misunderstood, you want to puppy git as a git backend for other apps?

[sewnie]

yep. similar to termux

https://github.com/termux/termux-app/wiki/RUN_COMMAND-Intent

the usecase for this is only useful so applications don't need to save your private ssh keys and such, and manage all of the code. its also useful for apps that don't have a native git implementation like other languages. this is not an important feature request and most likely not all apps are going to use it.

[Bandeapart1964]

I got it, I was considered this feature, but I feel mostly people don't need it, so I gave it up.

just keep this issue open, if have many users request it, maybe I'll support it then.

[Bandeapart1964]

by the way, now ppgit support pull/push via http service: https://github.com/catpuppyapp/PuppyGit/blob/main/http_service_api.md

if want to call ppgit by external apps, I'd like to add more api to the http service, rather than support the intents..

(but the http service has a cons: must keep the background service running... in other aspects, it can be an alt and even better to "Intents", because it actually can send http request from anywhere to anywhere(e.g. from a browser on pc to the phone))

[appr0ve]

On Android Emacs has missing git and that can be useful for magit.

[Shura0]

Also one more case. There is good notes app is exist, MyTetra it has a mobile part MyTetroid. Unfortunately they have not internal sync mechanism, so they can use some external programs (like git), but there is no good git client on Android. So your program is good candidate to make sync for MyTetroid

[oootheb-netizen]

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