I had to install Git to push this application to Github, which, up until now, I'd avoided. And it was everything I was afraid it would be. It was ten pages of alternate install configurations and legacy software and collaborative packages. Probably. I didn’t read a word. I'm sure Git's perfect for collaborative work, but for somebody looking to just iterate their code as fast as possible, it's way too much.
Grove is a CLI tool that basically hinges on two, small, numbered-selection screens. It’s super clear to navigate. You select a list of files and folders to be backed up per project. And you make saves! It remembers your most recent project so that if it's not already open you can just type "grove save" in the terminal and it'll back up whatever you're working on.
I tried really hard to deliver a stable launch. I was using Grove to backup Grove while I worked on Grove for weeks. I optimized till I was blue in the face because this tool is already part of my workflow. It’s also my first release. There will be updates.
One spot that feels like it could be done better. When you add files or folders, you select add, and then you type 1 to add files or 2 to add folders. I would have preferred if there could be a unified file/folder picker. But Windows doesn't offer that natively which means I would have to bring in a crate with its own gui file/folder picker, and it would probably bloat the binary to like 2 megabytes and I didn’t feel right about it.
I’m honored to answer any questions. Youtube demo if you don't want to read:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo55__-9Wfo