🗜️ Git1File

Convert any Git repository into a single AI-friendly file

Transform entire codebases into structured formats optimized for Large Language Models. Perfect for code analysis, documentation generation, and AI-assisted development.

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✨ Features

• 📦 Multiple Output Formats - Plain text, XML, JSON
• 🚫 Smart Filtering - Automatically excludes binaries, dependencies, and service files
• 📝 Markdown Handling - Separate markdown files to save tokens (optional inclusion)
• ⚡ Fast Processing - Parallel file scanning and analysis
• 🌐 Web Interface - Beautiful UI for easy repository conversion
• 🔌 REST API - Programmatic access for automation
• 🔒 Private Repos - Works with local paths and remote URLs
• 📊 Statistics - Language breakdown, file counts, and size estimates

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🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/git1file.git
cd git1file

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

Command Line Usage

# Analyze a local repository
python -m git1file.cli /path/to/repo

# Analyze a remote repository
python -m git1file.cli https://github.com/user/repo

# Specify output format
python -m git1file.cli /path/to/repo --format xml

# Save to file
python -m git1file.cli /path/to/repo --output result.txt

# Include markdown files
python -m git1file.cli /path/to/repo --include-markdown

# Save markdown separately
python -m git1file.cli /path/to/repo --markdown-output docs.txt

Web Interface

# Start the server
uvicorn git1file.main:app --reload --port 8000

# Open your browser
# Navigate to: http://localhost:8000

The web interface provides:

• 🎯 Simple form to enter repository URL or path
• 📊 Real-time statistics preview
• 💾 One-click download of results
• 📋 Copy to clipboard functionality
• 🎨 Beautiful dark theme optimized for developers

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📖 Usage Examples

CLI Examples

# Smart mode (default) - excludes common service files
python -m git1file.cli ./myproject --mode smart

# Full mode - includes everything except binaries
python -m git1file.cli ./myproject --mode full

# Export only markdown files
python -m git1file.cli ./myproject --markdown-only

# JSON output for programmatic processing
python -m git1file.cli ./myproject --format json --output data.json

API Examples

Get repository analysis:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/ingest" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "source": "/path/to/repo",
    "format": "plain",
    "mode": "smart",
    "include_markdown": false
  }'

Get markdown files only:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/ingest/markdown" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "source": "https://github.com/user/repo",
    "format": "plain"
  }'

Get repository statistics:

curl "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/stats?source=/path/to/repo&mode=smart"

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⚙️ Configuration

Create a .git1file.yaml in your repository root to customize behavior:

output:
  format: plain          # plain, xml, or json
  compress: true         # Enable compression
  mode: smart           # smart or full

ignore:
  patterns:
    - "*.log"
    - "temp/"
  use_gitignore: true
  use_default_patterns: true

include:
  max_file_size: "5MB"
  max_total_files: 50000
  max_total_chars: 500000000
  binary_detection: true
  include_markdown: false

Default Ignore Patterns (Smart Mode)

Smart mode automatically excludes:

• Binaries: *.exe, *.dll, *.so, *.dylib
• Images: *.png, *.jpg, *.gif, *.svg
• Media: *.mp4, *.mp3, *.wav
• Documents: *.pdf, *.doc, *.xls
• Archives: *.zip, *.tar, *.gz
• Compiled: *.pyc, *.class, *.o
• Dependencies: node_modules/, __pycache__/, .venv/
• IDE: .idea/, .vscode/
• Lock files: package-lock.json, yarn.lock, poetry.lock

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📊 Output Formats

Plain Text (Recommended)

================================================================================
REPOSITORY: git1file
PATH: /path/to/git1file
TOTAL FILES: 17
TOTAL CHARACTERS: 61695
...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FILE: cli.py
LANGUAGE: python
SIZE: 4104 bytes
----------------------------------------
import sys
import argparse
...

Benefits: 16%+ fewer tokens than XML, easy to read

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<repository name="git1file" path="/path/to/git1file">
  <metadata>
    <total_files>17</total_files>
    ...
  </metadata>
  <files>
    <file path="cli.py" language="python">
      <content><![CDATA[...]]></content>
    </file>
  </files>
</repository>

Benefits: Structured, easy to parse programmatically

JSON

{
  "name": "git1file",
  "metadata": {
    "total_files": 17,
    "languages": [...]
  },
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "cli.py",
      "language": "python",
      "content": "..."
    }
  ]
}

Benefits: Native JavaScript support, API-friendly

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🎯 Use Cases

• AI Code Review - Feed entire codebases to Claude or GPT
• Documentation - Generate comprehensive project docs
• Code Analysis - Analyze patterns across multiple files
• Migration Planning - Understand legacy code structure
• Learning - Study how projects are organized
• Backup - Create readable snapshots of your code

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🛠️ API Reference

Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/v1/ingest	POST	Convert repository to single file
/api/v1/ingest/markdown	POST	Get only markdown files
/api/v1/stats	GET	Get repository statistics
/api/v1/config/template	GET	Get configuration template
/health	GET	Health check

Request Schema

{
  source: string;           // Local path or Git URL
  format: "plain" | "xml" | "json";
  mode: "smart" | "full";
  compress: boolean;
  include_markdown: boolean;
}

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📝 CLI Options

usage: python -m git1file.cli [-h] [--format {xml,plain,json}] 
                               [--mode {full,smart}] [--output OUTPUT]
                               [--include-markdown] [--markdown-only]
                               [--markdown-output MARKDOWN_OUTPUT]
                               source

positional arguments:
  source                Local path or remote URL

optional arguments:
  --format              Output format (default: plain)
  --mode                Scan mode (default: smart)
  --output, -o          Output file
  --include-markdown    Include .md files in main output
  --markdown-only       Output only markdown files
  --markdown-output     Separate file for markdown

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with FastAPI for the web framework
• Uses GitPython for Git operations
• Inspired by the need to feed codebases to LLMs efficiently

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