nemo-repo-git-menu

Git commands in the right click menu of Nemo, the Cinnamon file manager.

Entry	Runs
Git Status (terminal)	git status
Git Log (terminal)	git log --oneline --graph --decorate -30
Git Fetch (terminal)	git fetch --all --prune
Git Pull (terminal)	git pull

Each one opens a terminal in the repository root, runs the command, and leaves the shell open so you can read the output and keep working there.

The entries appear on any folder inside a repository, not only on its root, and on the empty background of an open folder as well as on the folder icon. On a folder that is not in a repository nothing is added to the menu.

Nothing here rewrites history or pushes. The most it does is git pull.

Requirements

• nemo-repo-core 1.x
• Nemo with nemo-python, git in PATH
• A terminal emulator. gnome-terminal, tilix, konsole, xfce4-terminal, mate-terminal, kitty, alacritty and xterm are detected automatically; anything else can be named in the config.

Install

git clone https://github.com/dualfroz/nemo-repo-core
cd nemo-repo-core && ./install.sh && cd ..

git clone https://github.com/dualfroz/nemo-repo-git-menu
cd nemo-repo-git-menu && ./install.sh

nemo -q

install.sh links the plugin into ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions and checks that it imports. Pass --copy to copy instead of link. ./uninstall.sh removes it. Nothing is written outside your home directory and no root is required.

Configuration

Shared file, read live, no restart needed:

~/.config/nemo-repo-core.json

{
  "terminal_command": null,
  "actions": {
    "git_status": true,
    "git_log": true,
    "git_fetch": true,
    "git_pull": true
  }
}

Key	Default	Meaning
actions.git_status	true	Show the Git Status entry
actions.git_log	true	Show the Git Log entry
actions.git_fetch	true	Show the Git Fetch entry
actions.git_pull	true	Show the Git Pull entry
terminal_command	null	Terminal to use; null auto detects. Core setting, shared with the other plugins.

Turning an entry off takes effect on the next right click.

Notes

• Commands run in the repository root, not in the folder you clicked, which is what makes git status from a deep subdirectory show the whole repository.
• The shell that stays open is your $SHELL.
• If you use a terminal that is not in the detected list, set terminal_command to its binary name. Emulators disagree about the flag that means "run this command"; unknown ones are called with -e, which most of them accept.

Migrating from the single file version

These entries used to be part of nemo_repo_emblems.py, one file that also provided emblems, list view columns and a properties tab. It is now split, and the split runs along a real line: "Open Terminal Here" and "Open in Editor" have nothing to do with git and work on any folder, so they moved to nemo-folder-tools. Install that one too if you used them.

Two changes you will notice: the entries now also appear inside a repository rather than only on its root, and there is a new Git Fetch entry.

Your config carries over automatically, and the old file is not modified. Remove the old extension so the entries are not listed twice:

rm ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions/nemo_repo_emblems.py
nemo -q

Tested on

Linux Mint 22.2 (Zara), Cinnamon 6.4.14, Nemo 6.4.5, python-nemo 6.4.0, Python 3.12.3, with gnome-terminal.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.