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-#
-# Some example proposed usages of Rugged
-#  so we can make sure the API design is OK
-#
-
-#
-# low level reading and writing
-#
-
-repo = Rugged::Repository.new(path_to_repo)
-if repo.exists(blob_oid)
-  # reading
-  blob_data, type = repo.read(blob_oid)
-  blob = repo.lookup(blob_oid)
-  puts blob.data
-  assert blob.data == blob_data && type == 'blob'
-
-  # writing
-  blob_data += "FU, SPIDERMAN 3"
-
-  new_oid = repo.write(blob_data, blob)
-
-  blob.data(blob_data)
-  assert !blob.written?
-  new_oid2 = blob.write
-  assert new_oid == new_oid2
-  assert blob.written?
-end
-
-#
-# getting the contents of a blob with commit and path
-#
-
-commit = repo.lookup(commit_oid)
-commit.tree.each do |entry|
-  if (entry.name == path)
-    && (entry.type == 'blob')
-    return entry.gobect.data
-  end
-end
-
-#
-# getting commit data from oid
-#
-
-commit = repo.lookup(commit_oid, 'commit')
-puts "oid: " + commit.oid
-puts commit.author.name
-puts commit.author.email
-puts commit.author.date.strftime("%y-%m-%d")
-puts
-puts commit.message
-
-
-#
-# listing a single level tree
-#
-
-commit = repo.lookup(commit_oid)
-commit.tree.each do |entry|
-  puts entry.name
-end
-
-
-#
-# git ls-tree -rt
-#
-
-def ls_tree(tree_oid)
-  tree = repo.lookup(tree_oid, 'tree')
-  tree.each do |entry|
-    puts [entry.mode, entry.oid, entry.name].join(' ')
-    if entry.type == 'tree'
-      ls_tree(entry.oid)
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-commit = repo.lookup(commit_oid)
-ls_tree(tree_oid)
-
-#
-# updating a file and committing
-#
-
-commit = repo.lookup(head_oid)
-tree = commit.tree
-entry = tree.path("file.txt")
-blob = entry.gobject
-blob.data(blob.data + "EXTRA")
-boid = blob.write
-tree.add(entry.oid(boid))
-toid = tree.write
-
-new_commit = Rugged::Commit.new
-person = Rugged::Person.new("Scott", "scott@github.com", Time.now)
-commit.author(person)
-commit.message("updated file.txt")
-commit.parents([head_oid])
-commit.tree(toid)
-commit_oid = commit.write
-
-repo.update_ref('refs/heads/master', commit_oid)
-
-#
-# git log
-#
-
-walker = repo.walker
-walker.push(head_oid)
-while oid = walker.next
-  commit = repo.lookup(oid)
-  puts [commit.oid[0, 8], commit.short_message].join(' ')
-end
-
-#
-# git log --since=1.week.ago A ^B
-#
-
-since_time = Time.parse("1 week ago")
-
-walker = repo.walker
-walker.push(a_oid)
-walker.hide(b_oid)
-while oid = walker.next
-  commit = repo.lookup(oid)
-  if commit.author.date > since_time
-    walker.hide(oid)
-  else
-    puts [commit.oid[0, 8], commit.short_message].join(' ')
-  end
-end
-
-#
-# git log --all
-#
-
-walker = repo.walker
-repo.branches(:heads).each do |branch|
-  walker.push(branch.oid)
-end
-while oid = walker.next
-  ...
-end
-
-
-#
-# finding the last commit that touched a file
-#
-
-walker = repo.walker
-walker.push(head_oid)
-while oid = walker.next
-  commit = repo.lookup(oid)
-  diff = commit.diff_tree(commit.parents[0])
-  if diff.include?(path)
-    return commit.oid
-  end
-end