🚀 CodeVault – Cloud Version Control System

A GitHub-like version control system built from scratch using the MERN stack.
CodeVault allows users to create repositories, manage files, follow users, and track project activity.

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🌟 Features

🔐 Authentication

• User signup & login (JWT-based)
• Protected routes
• Persistent login using localStorage

👤 User System

• Profile page
• Follow / unfollow users
• Followers & following count

📦 Repository Management

• Create repositories (public/private)
• View repositories
• Explore repositories from other users

📂 File Management

• Upload and fetch repository files (via AWS S3)
• View file content
• Latest commit file listing

🔁 Version Control (Core Logic)

• Implemented basic VCS commands:
  • init
  • add
  • commit
  • push
  • pull
  • revert

⭐ UI/UX

• GitHub-inspired UI
• Dark theme
• Tailwind + custom CSS
• Responsive layout

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js (Vite)
• React Router
• Axios
• Tailwind CSS

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT Authentication

Cloud

• AWS S3 (file storage)

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📁 Project Structure

backend/
  controllers/
  routes/
  models/
  middleware/
  config/

frontend/
  src/
    components/
    pages/

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git
cd CodeVault

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2️⃣ Backend setup

cd backend
npm install

Create a .env file inside backend:

PORT=3000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_url
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
AWS_ACCESS_KEY=your_key
AWS_SECRET_KEY=your_secret
AWS_BUCKET_NAME=your_bucket

Run backend:

npm start

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3️⃣ Frontend setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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🚧 Future Improvements

• ⭐ Star repositories
• 💬 Comments / Issues system
• 🧾 Commit history UI
• 🔔 Notifications
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Collaboration (multi-user repositories)

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📸 Screenshots

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🙌 Author

• Aayush Raj

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📌 Note

This project is built for learning purposes to understand how GitHub-like systems work internally.