Git Repository Storage

This package lets you read and write files in a folder (or the root) of a git repository. The repository is cloned into a local working directory and every FluentStorage operation is performed against that working tree.

In order to use FluentStorage to manage Git Repositories, you need to reference FluentStorage.Git which wraps LibGit2Sharp.

Note: This package targets net8.0 and net9.0 only, because LibGit2Sharp 0.32 does not ship a netstandard2.0 build.

Connect to a Git repository

// HTTPS with username + password / personal access token
IStore storage = GitStorage.FromCredentials("https://github.com/me/repo.git", "username", "password");

// Personal access token (GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps)
IStore storage = GitStorage.FromToken("https://github.com/me/repo.git", "ghp_xxx");

// Full control over branch, root folder, commit author and credentials
IStore storage = GitStorage.FromUrl("https://github.com/me/repo.git", new GitStorageOptions {
   Token = "ghp_xxx",
   Branch = "develop",
   RootPath = "data",                       // work only within the "data" folder
   CommitAuthorName = "My App",
   CommitAuthorEmail = "app@example.com",
});

Commits and pushes

Writing files only changes the local working tree. Commits and pushes are performed either automatically or explicitly:

var store = (GitStore)GitStorage.FromToken(url, token);

// explicit commit/push (group many files into a single commit)
await store.SetText("folder/a.txt", "aaa");
await store.SetText("folder/b.txt", "bbb");
await store.CommitAndPushAsync("add a and b");

// or pull the latest remote changes
await store.PullAsync();

Automatic commit/push on every write:

var store = (GitStore)GitStorage.FromUrl(url, new GitStorageOptions {
   Token = token,
   AutoCommit = true,   // commit after each write
   AutoPush = true,     // push after each write
});
await store.SetText("folder/a.txt", "aaa");   // committed and pushed

Versioning

Object versioning is mapped to git history:

List<StorageObjectVersion> versions = await store.ListObjectVersions("folder/a.txt");
StorageObjectVersion old = versions.First(v => !v.IsCurrent);
await store.RestoreObjectVersion("folder/a.txt", old.VersionId);

Connection Strings

To create from a connection string, first register the module when your program starts:

GitStorage.Use();

Then use the following connection string:

IStore storage = StorageFactory.FromConnectionString("git://url=https://github.com/me/repo.git;token=ghp_xxx;branch=main;root=data;localpath=/tmp/myrepo");

Parameter	Required	Description
url	yes	Repository URL (HTTP/HTTPS or a local path).
user	no	HTTPS username.
password	no	HTTPS password.
token	no	Personal access token (overrides password).
branch	no	Branch to clone and work on.
root	no	Root sub-folder that acts as the store root.
localpath	no	Local working directory (a temporary one is used when omitted).