Vox

A lightweight version control system, inspired by Git. This educational project aims to provide insights into how version control systems work internally

Features

Repository Management

• vox init - Initialize a new repository
• vox status - Show working tree status

Staging Area (Index) Operations

• vox add <paths> - Add files to the staging area
• vox rm [--cached] [--force] <paths> - Remove files from working tree and/or index
• vox ls-files [--stage] - Show information about files in the index
• vox write-tree [--path] - Create a tree object from the current index

Object Management

• vox hash-object <file> - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob
• vox cat-file [-p] [-t] [-s] <object> - Inspect repository objects
• vox show <commit> - Show detailed object information

Commit History

• vox commit -m <message> [--author] - Record changes to the repository
• vox log [--count] - Show commit history
• vox diff [from] [to] - Show changes between commits

Branching

• vox branch [name] [--delete] [--list] - List, create or delete branches
• vox checkout <target> [--force] - Switch branches or restore working tree files

Configuration

• vox config [--global] <command> - Manage configuration settings
• vox remote <command> - Manage remote repositories

Installation

From Source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Niko256/vox.git
cd vox

2. Run the installation script:

./install.sh