Add Git as a command

[msdrigg]

Is it possible to add a git command. This may have been addressed in a previous issue, but git commands would greatly improve functionality

[suliveevil]

+1

[dmitshur]

This seems to be a duplicate of issues #10 and #24.

There is also some useful information about why git hasn't already been added in https://github.com/holzschu/ios_system#adding-more-commands.

[personalizedrefrigerator]

You could try using Dulwich, a pure-python implementation of Git (see comment by @goerz in one of the linked issues).

Per its README, it can be installed through pip install dulwich --global-option="--pure" for pure-python implementation. Unfortunately, however, attempts to run dulwich directly from the command-line seem to fail.

As such, you may want to put a file with contents similar to this in your Documents/bin directory:

#!python 
from dulwich.cli import main
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:]) 

Also, it seems Dulwich is licensed under the Apache license. Is this compatible with the App Store? I would love to see a git-equivalent command command added to a-Shell.

Note, however, for my repositories, the commit command fails, explaining that it cannot find the pre-commit hook. Cloning, however, seems to work.

[samermurad]

I don't know if the maintainers are interested but we could technically "build" the git support using this lib:
https://github.com/libgit2/objective-git

[holzschu]

Okay, now that is interesting. I'll have a look.

[samermurad]

@holzschu let me know if you you need any help:) I'll need to study the materials first, but I'd be happy to help if I can, I'd really benefit from a-Shell having git.
I'm not willing to use WorkingCopy 😅