GitTune

A small desktop tool to view and edit your global git identity — because tuning git should be as easy as tuning a guitar.

GitTune talks to git exclusively through the git config CLI. It never parses or rewrites ~/.gitconfig itself, so whatever git understands, GitTune understands.

Version 1.0.0 — first release.

Features

• View and edit the global user.name and user.email
• Material-style UI built with Slint
• All reads and writes go through git config --global, never direct file access

Requirements

• Rust (edition 2024 toolchain)
• git available on PATH

Build & Run

cargo run --release

On first build, Cargo downloads and compiles the Slint dependencies. The UI style is set to Material at compile time (see build.rs).

Usage

Launch the app, edit the Name and Email fields, and press Save. The values are written with:

git config --global user.name  "<name>"
git config --global user.email "<email>"

Verify from a terminal:

git config --global user.name
git config --global user.email

Project Layout

build.rs            # compiles ui/main.slint with the Material style
src/main.rs         # app entry: wires the UI to the git backend
src/gitconfig.rs    # thin wrapper around `git config --global`
ui/main.slint       # declarative UI (Slint)

Roadmap

• Edit more gitconfig keys (signing key, default branch, aliases, ...)
• Support other scopes (--local, --system)
• Validation feedback for malformed values

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTION. Issues and pull requests are welcome.

License

MIT © 2026 Oliver Lin & ZIT Studio