Show HN: I brought GitHub to the Apple Watch: Why?

[dmehers]

I'm looking for feedback on the beta of my new app called WatchGit which brings GitHub to your Apple Watch. You can get the beta from Apple TestFlight(https://testflight.apple.com/join/ipzDjzSy). You can create issues, comment, add and remove labels, assign and more.

https://watchgit.com/

Hard-press the watch screen in the app to create an issue directly in the support repo. Bugs, enhancement requests etc. are all welcome.

WHY?

If you don’t always have your phone with you, for example when out running or walking, and you have a brilliant idea for a new feature you can simple raise your wrist and use Siri to create an issue in a repository from your cellular Apple Watch.

You can also easily triage issues, assign issues, like issues, etc. without pulling out your phone.

If you always have your phone to hand then it isn’t for you, but if you like to leave it behind sometimes then it may be something to try out.

[zimpenfish]

Even if you have your phone with you, it can be a lot more convenient to use the watch. Sounds like a neat idea but I've abandoned Github in favour of self-hosted Gitea - I'd definitely be interested in a Gitea version. :)

(I'll probably install this for the work repo, though, and see how it goes.)

[dmehers → zimpenfish]

Thanks. Not heard of Gitea, will check it out.

Organizations have to approve third-party apps, so depending on your org it may or may not work - you should at least be able to browse public repos.

[zimpenfish → dmehers]

I've just added it to my personal work repo - that's where I do all my experiments that need to store the off-the-cuff ideas.

[dmehers → zimpenfish]

Great, let me know if you have any suggestions (https://github.com/DamianMehers/WatchGitSupport/issues) - if there is interest I may add pull requests, although TBH I'm not sure how useful they would be on such a small screen - will need to experiment.