Glyph

A Git TUI for trunk-based development workflows. Glyph gives you a branch-centric view of your repository, with shortcuts for the operations you do most: rebase on parent, create a PR, sync with upstream.

What makes Glyph different

Most Git TUIs are focused on repo state — staging files, viewing diffs, browsing logs. Glyph is workflow-focused: every branch knows its parent, and every command operates relative to that parent. This makes trunk-based development and stacked branches feel natural.

Install

As a .NET tool (recommended)

dotnet tool install --global Glyph

From source

Requires .NET 10 SDK.

git clone git@github.com:Cellcote/Glyph.git
cd Glyph
dotnet build
dotnet run --project src/Glyph -- --help

Commands

Command	Description
glyph	Show the branch tree (default)
glyph tree	Show branch tree with parent relationships and ahead/behind counts
glyph parent [branch]	Get or set the parent branch for the current branch
glyph rebase	Fetch and rebase current branch onto its parent
glyph pr	Push and create a pull request into the parent branch
glyph sync	Fetch all remotes and rebase onto parent
glyph stack	Show the full branch stack from current branch to trunk

Parent branch tracking

Glyph stores parent relationships in git config:

# Set the parent of your current branch
glyph parent main

# Check the current parent
glyph parent
# → Parent of feature-x: main

The default parent is main. When you create stacked branches, set the parent to keep the chain intact:

main → feature-auth → feature-auth-ui → feature-auth-tests

Creating PRs

Glyph uses the GitHub CLI (gh) under the hood. Make sure it's installed and authenticated:

gh auth login
glyph pr                        # PR into parent branch
glyph pr --title "Add auth"     # PR with custom title

Tech stack

• System.CommandLine — CLI framework
• Spectre.Console — Terminal rendering (trees, tables, spinners)
• LibGit2Sharp — Git operations without shelling out

License

MIT