GitDocumentDB plugin for remote connection using NodeGit

This is a plugin module for GitDocumentDB.

The following authentications are available with this plugin:

• SSH keys
• GitHub's PATs (Personal Access Tokens)

Prerequisite

• Windows 10
• Linux
• macOS

Building this plugin with Electron in a Windows 32bit environment is limited due to a NodeGit issue.

Tested environment

• Windows 10 (64bit)
• Ubuntu 18
• macOS Catalina

Install

npm i git-documentdb-plugin-remote-nodegit

This plugin contains a native module (libgit2) derived from NodeGit. If you receive errors about installation, you probably miss building tools and libraries.

In Ubuntu 18:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libkrb5-dev libc++-dev 

In Windows 10:

The list below shows typical environments.

• Node.js 12, Python 2.7.x, and Visual Studio 2017 Community (with Desktop development with C++).
• npm config set msvs_version 2017

If you are still encountering install problems, documents about NodeGit and Building NodeGit from source may also help you.

See also

Tutorial of plugin (in GitDocumentDB website)