Git Remote Helper for the dev:// protocol of the NETFORY network. Provides familiar git clone / push / pull dev://user/repo commands - no relearning required, with native support in any IDE (VS Code, WebStorm, GitKraken), because the project is managed by your standard git binary.

• git ≥ 2.30 in PATH (the bridge uses git bundle under the hood);
• a running NETFORY client with an unlocked wallet - the bridge communicates with it via loopback IPC (takes port/token from the discovery file, see below);
• Rust toolchain - only for building.

cargo build --release

Place the binary in a directory from PATH strictly named git-remote-dev (git looks for the helper by URL scheme: dev:// → git-remote-dev):

# Linux / macOS
install -m 0755 target/release/git-remote-dev ~/.local/bin/git-remote-dev
# make sure ~/.local/bin is in PATH:  echo $PATH

# Windows (PowerShell)
copy target\release\git-remote-dev.exe C:\Users\<you>\bin\git-remote-dev.exe
# directory C:\Users\<you>\bin must be in %PATH%

Verify installation:

git clone dev://<your-username>/<your-repository>

No configuration needed. The bridge automatically finds the running client via the discovery file, which the client writes on startup:

Contents: {"port": <loopback-port>, "token": "<random-token>"}. The token protects IPC from other local processes; the server listens only on 127.0.0.1.

git clone dev://technolog/smart-swarm     # clone from P2P network
cd smart-swarm
git add . && git commit -m "feat: …"      # regular local work
git push origin main                      # publish: signature + DHT announcement

• git push to a repository name that doesn't exist yet auto-creates it in your account (like on GitHub).
• Each push increments the signed seq counter of your index - anti-rollback: the network will never accept an older version.
• Cloning someone else's repositories works via swarm downloading bundles by signed bundle_hash (seeders are found through Mainline DHT + UDP identity beacons).

Detailed architecture description: docs/09-DevHub-Git-Remote-Helper.md.