Installing GRV tool on Linux System

Step 1: The latest version of GRV is available in the form of a Linux binary file on https://github.com/rgburke/grv/releases. Click on the Linux binary file to download or you can also use wget.

$ wget -O grv https://github.com/rgburke/grv/releases/download/v0.3.2/grv_v0.3.2_linux64

Note: Replace v0.3.2 with the latest version available.

Step 2: Use chmod command to give executable privileges to the grv file.

$ sudo u+x ./grv

Step 3: Now run the following command to add an alias for grv executable to your .bashrc/.zshrc conf file.

$ echo "alias grv='~/grv'" >> ~/.bashrc

Step 4: Save the changes to .bashrc/.zshrc by running

$ source ~/.bashrc

Step 5: Finally, use grv command to view refs, commits, branches, and diffs of the required git repository.

$ grv -repoFilePath /path/to/repo

Git Repository Viewer or GRV is a cross-platform, free, and open-source GIT GUI client. It provides a terminal-based interface to search and view refs, commits, branches, tags, and diffs in a git repository. The behavior and style can be customized through a configuration file. GRV is written in the Go programming language and is available under GNU v3 public license.