git log output for all branches that serves any terminal-looking screensaver in your OS.

Tested with phosphor, part of x-screensaver-data-extras

Installation

• npm install -g git-screensaver
• sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra
• Start screensaver in ubuntu.
• Set "Single screensaver", select "phosphor" in the list of screensavers.
• Go to the Advanced tab. Inside Text Manipulation, set to "Program".
• Set textbox to git-screensaver --dir /home/user/path/to/repos

Example usage

• git-screensaver --limit 10 --clear-screen --dir /home/user/Repos --recurse-level-count 2
• git-screensaver --since midnight --commit-text "{{relativeTime}} --- {{message}}" --dir /home/user/Repos --recurse-level-count 2

FAQ

Slow screensaver

Add --clear-screen to work with slow outputs by clearing the screen instead of scrolling the text.

Can't use node

If you're using nvm, make sure your nvm command is present in ~/.profile and not only ~/.bashrc.

Not getting any output

Set --author to your git author name (partial match). By default, your $USER variable is used.

See more authors than yourself

Add --all-authors

Other questions

Run git-screensaver --help for a list of all options.

How to install x-screensaver on Mac OSX

http://macappstore.org/xscreensaver/

How do I use this on Windows?

No idea. You will need a screensaver that can output text somehow.