go-git

Pure-Go implementation of Git as a library.

Origins

This is a fork of gogits/git (which was originally a fork of speedata/gogit). Unfortunately, gogits/git is no longer maintained and is not accepting PRs, so this is a new extension of that work.

shazow/go-git is not backwards-compatible with gogits/git.

Goals

Short term

go-git's API should not be considered stable until these goals have been achieved.

• Remove features that depend on shelling out to git.
• Remove redundant features (in progress).
• Add key features to support implementing sourcegraph/go-vcs's Repository interface. (See shazow/go-vcs#1)
  • Walk tree filesystem
  • Walk commit ancestry
  • Diff
  • Blame
  • Subrepositories
  • Search

Long term

• Add a storage driver interface for repositories with virtual/in-memory repository support.
• Improve test coverage.
• Improve query performance with caching and bitmap indexes.
• Rework use of locks (probably get rid of them, require consumer to manage repository locking).

Sponsors

Work on this fork is sponsored by Sourcegraph.

License

• shazow/go-git changes are released under Apache v2.
• gogits/git (major rewrite of original MIT code) is licensed under Apache v2.
• speedata/gogit is licensed under MIT.