Forked Extensions

Efficiently manage your forked Raycast extensions using Git sparse-checkout. Explore the full extension catalog, selectively checkout specific extensions, and remove extensions from your forked collection with ease.

Principles

This extension leverages the Git sparse-checkout feature to efficiently manage your forked extensions. Our goal is to eliminate the need for cloning the entire repository, which can exceed 20 GB in size, by enabling sparse-checkout. With this extension, you can forgo Ray CLI's ⁠pull-contributions and ⁠publish commands, allowing you to use Git commands directly for managing your extensions.

Requirements

• Git installed on your system

Features

• Explore full extension list
• Sparse-checkout an extension
• Remove an extension from forked list
• Synchronizes the forked repository with the upstream repository on local

GitHub Permission Scopes

This extension requires the following GitHub API permission scopes:

• public_repo
  • api.repositoryExists() - Checks if the user's forked repository exists
  • api.getForkedRepository() - Retrieves the full name of the user's forked repository
  • api.compareTwoCommits() - Compares two commits in the user's forked repository
• workflow
  • api.syncFork() - Syncs the forked repository with the upstream repository on GitHub

FAQ

"Can I use Git commands directly?"

You can always open your forked extension folder in the terminal to work with CLI commands directly. We also prepared a CHEATSHEET.md if you want to learn more about the Git commands used in this extension.

"I used this extension to convert an existing full-checkout repository to sparse-checkout but my .git folder still has a massive size"

You might need some manual cleanup to reduce the size of your .git folder. Here are a few methods you can take:

• Use git-gc to clean up unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
• Use git-fsck to check the integrity of the repository
• Use git-prune to remove any objects that are no longer referenced by your branches
• Use git-maintenance to perform various maintenance tasks on your repository

But we recommend using a new clone of the repository to start fresh with a smaller .git folder.

License

MIT