Please use RabbitVCS caja extension.

You may still use caja-git only with python2-caja (MATE Desktop < 1.20).

Caja extension to add important information about the current git directory. This project is based on nautilus-git by Bilal Elmoussaoui.

• python2
• git
• caja-python or python2-caja >= 1.17.0

• meson
• ninja
• intltool
• gtk+-3.0
• gobject-introspection:
  • Debian/Ubuntu : libgirepository1.0-dev
  • Fedora : gobject-introspection-devel
  • Archlinux :  gobject-introspection

1- Install requirements

2- Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/darkshram/caja-git

3- Build it!

cd caja-git
mkdir build
cd build
meson .. --prefix /usr -Dfile_manager=caja
sudo ninja install

4- Restart Caja

caja -q

1- Download the uninstall script.

cd /tmp && wget -O uninstall.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/darkshram/caja-git/master/uninstall.sh

2- Make the file executable

chmod +x ./uninstall.sh

3- Run it!

sudo ./uninstall.sh /usr

PS : Replace /usr with whatever installation prefix you have chosen before.

• Code was originally written by Bilal Elmoussaoui.
• The caja-git-symbolic icon was designed by gitg design team.