schiewe / githubtower

This browser extension allows you to use Github's "Clone in Desktop" button with Tower

Clone to Tower for Github is a lightweight browser extension that links Github's "Open in Desktop" button to Tower.app without the need of ever installing the Github Desktop Application. The extension is available for Chrome and Safari.

Installation

Chrome

Install the Extension from the Chrome Web Store by clicking "Add to Chrome".

Safari

Install the Extenstion from the Safari Extensions Gallery by clicking "Install now".

Rationale

Github's "Open in Desktop" button only works if you are logged in to your account with the Github Desktop Application. Logged out users can not use the "Open in Desktop" button. At this point in time Tower also does not register the right URL scheme. The scheme Github links to depends on the last used version of Github's desktop application.

This browser extensions eliminates the need to be logged into Github and the Github Desktop Application by running 23 lines of code only on Github's website.

Tower

Tower 2 is a wonderful Git client for OS X. It brings all of Git’s powerful features to your desktop. Try it out here: http://www.git-tower.com