/* * libgit2 "general" example - shows basic libgit2 concepts * * Written by the libgit2 contributors * * To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright * and related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain * worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty. * * You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along * with this software. If not, see * . */ // [**libgit2**][lg] is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core // methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, // allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any // language which supports C bindings. // // This file is an example of using that API in a real, compilable C file. // As the API is updated, this file will be updated to demonstrate the new // functionality. // // If you're trying to write something in C using [libgit2][lg], you should // also check out the generated [API documentation][ap]. We try to link to // the relevant sections of the API docs in each section in this file. // // **libgit2** (for the most part) only implements the core plumbing // functions, not really the higher level porcelain stuff. For a primer on // Git Internals that you will need to know to work with Git at this level, // check out [Chapter 9][pg] of the Pro Git book. // // [lg]: http://libgit2.github.com // [ap]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2 // [pg]: http://progit.org/book/ch9-0.html // ### Includes // Including the `git2.h` header will include all the other libgit2 headers // that you need. It should be the only thing you need to include in order // to compile properly and get all the libgit2 API. #include #include // Almost all libgit2 functions return 0 on success or negative on error. // This is not production quality error checking, but should be sufficient // as an example. static void check_error(int error_code, const char *action) { const git_error *error = giterr_last(); if (!error_code) return; printf("Error %d %s - %s\n", error_code, action, (error && error->message) ? error->message : "???"); exit(1); } int main (int argc, char** argv) { // Initialize the library, this will set up any global state which libgit2 needs // including threading and crypto git_libgit2_init(); // ### Opening the Repository // There are a couple of methods for opening a repository, this being the // simplest. There are also [methods][me] for specifying the index file // and work tree locations, here we assume they are in the normal places. // // (Try running this program against tests/resources/testrepo.git.) // // [me]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/repository int error; const char *repo_path = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : "/opt/libgit2-test/.git"; git_repository *repo; error = git_repository_open(&repo, repo_path); check_error(error, "opening repository"); // ### SHA-1 Value Conversions // For our first example, we will convert a 40 character hex value to the // 20 byte raw SHA1 value. printf("*Hex to Raw*\n"); char hex[] = "4a202b346bb0fb0db7eff3cffeb3c70babbd2045"; // The `git_oid` is the structure that keeps the SHA value. We will use // this throughout the example for storing the value of the current SHA // key we're working with. git_oid oid; git_oid_fromstr(&oid, hex); // Once we've converted the string into the oid value, we can get the raw // value of the SHA by accessing `oid.id` // Next we will convert the 20 byte raw SHA1 value to a human readable 40 // char hex value. printf("\n*Raw to Hex*\n"); char out[GIT_OID_HEXSZ+1]; out[GIT_OID_HEXSZ] = '\0'; // If you have a oid, you can easily get the hex value of the SHA as well. git_oid_fmt(out, &oid); printf("SHA hex string: %s\n", out); // ### Working with the Object Database // **libgit2** provides [direct access][odb] to the object database. The // object database is where the actual objects are stored in Git. For // working with raw objects, we'll need to get this structure from the // repository. // // [odb]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/odb git_odb *odb; git_repository_odb(&odb, repo); // #### Raw Object Reading printf("\n*Raw Object Read*\n"); git_odb_object *obj; git_otype otype; const unsigned char *data; const char *str_type; // We can read raw objects directly from the object database if we have // the oid (SHA) of the object. This allows us to access objects without // knowing their type and inspect the raw bytes unparsed. error = git_odb_read(&obj, odb, &oid); check_error(error, "finding object in repository"); // A raw object only has three properties - the type (commit, blob, tree // or tag), the size of the raw data and the raw, unparsed data itself. // For a commit or tag, that raw data is human readable plain ASCII // text. For a blob it is just file contents, so it could be text or // binary data. For a tree it is a special binary format, so it's unlikely // to be hugely helpful as a raw object. data = (const unsigned char *)git_odb_object_data(obj); otype = git_odb_object_type(obj); // We provide methods to convert from the object type which is an enum, to // a string representation of that value (and vice-versa). str_type = git_object_type2string(otype); printf("object length and type: %d, %s\n", (int)git_odb_object_size(obj), str_type); // For proper memory management, close the object when you are done with // it or it will leak memory. git_odb_object_free(obj); // #### Raw Object Writing printf("\n*Raw Object Write*\n"); // You can also write raw object data to Git. This is pretty cool because // it gives you direct access to the key/value properties of Git. Here // we'll write a new blob object that just contains a simple string. // Notice that we have to specify the object type as the `git_otype` enum. git_odb_write(&oid, odb, "test data", sizeof("test data") - 1, GIT_OBJ_BLOB); // Now that we've written the object, we can check out what SHA1 was // generated when the object was written to our database. git_oid_fmt(out, &oid); printf("Written Object: %s\n", out); // ### Object Parsing // libgit2 has methods to parse every object type in Git so you don't have // to work directly with the raw data. This is much faster and simpler // than trying to deal with the raw data yourself. // #### Commit Parsing // [Parsing commit objects][pco] is simple and gives you access to all the // data in the commit - the author (name, email, datetime), committer // (same), tree, message, encoding and parent(s). // // [pco]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/commit printf("\n*Commit Parsing*\n"); git_commit *commit; git_oid_fromstr(&oid, "8496071c1b46c854b31185ea97743be6a8774479"); error = git_commit_lookup(&commit, repo, &oid); check_error(error, "looking up commit"); const git_signature *author, *cmtter; const char *message; time_t ctime; unsigned int parents, p; // Each of the properties of the commit object are accessible via methods, // including commonly needed variations, such as `git_commit_time` which // returns the author time and `git_commit_message` which gives you the // commit message (as a NUL-terminated string). message = git_commit_message(commit); author = git_commit_author(commit); cmtter = git_commit_committer(commit); ctime = git_commit_time(commit); // The author and committer methods return [git_signature] structures, // which give you name, email and `when`, which is a `git_time` structure, // giving you a timestamp and timezone offset. printf("Author: %s (%s)\n", author->name, author->email); // Commits can have zero or more parents. The first (root) commit will // have no parents, most commits will have one (i.e. the commit it was // based on) and merge commits will have two or more. Commits can // technically have any number, though it's rare to have more than two. parents = git_commit_parentcount(commit); for (p = 0;p < parents;p++) { git_commit *parent; git_commit_parent(&parent, commit, p); git_oid_fmt(out, git_commit_id(parent)); printf("Parent: %s\n", out); git_commit_free(parent); } // Don't forget to close the object to prevent memory leaks. You will have // to do this for all the objects you open and parse. git_commit_free(commit); // #### Writing Commits // libgit2 provides a couple of methods to create commit objects easily as // well. There are four different create signatures, we'll just show one // of them here. You can read about the other ones in the [commit API // docs][cd]. // // [cd]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/commit printf("\n*Commit Writing*\n"); git_oid tree_id, parent_id, commit_id; git_tree *tree; git_commit *parent; // Creating signatures for an authoring identity and time is simple. You // will need to do this to specify who created a commit and when. Default // values for the name and email should be found in the `user.name` and // `user.email` configuration options. See the `config` section of this // example file to see how to access config values. git_signature_new((git_signature **)&author, "Scott Chacon", "schacon@gmail.com", 123456789, 60); git_signature_new((git_signature **)&cmtter, "Scott A Chacon", "scott@github.com", 987654321, 90); // Commit objects need a tree to point to and optionally one or more // parents. Here we're creating oid objects to create the commit with, // but you can also use git_oid_fromstr(&tree_id, "f60079018b664e4e79329a7ef9559c8d9e0378d1"); git_tree_lookup(&tree, repo, &tree_id); git_oid_fromstr(&parent_id, "5b5b025afb0b4c913b4c338a42934a3863bf3644"); git_commit_lookup(&parent, repo, &parent_id); // Here we actually create the commit object with a single call with all // the values we need to create the commit. The SHA key is written to the // `commit_id` variable here. git_commit_create_v( &commit_id, /* out id */ repo, NULL, /* do not update the HEAD */ author, cmtter, NULL, /* use default message encoding */ "example commit", tree, 1, parent); // Now we can take a look at the commit SHA we've generated. git_oid_fmt(out, &commit_id); printf("New Commit: %s\n", out); // #### Tag Parsing // You can parse and create tags with the [tag management API][tm], which // functions very similarly to the commit lookup, parsing and creation // methods, since the objects themselves are very similar. // // [tm]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/tag printf("\n*Tag Parsing*\n"); git_tag *tag; const char *tmessage, *tname; git_otype ttype; // We create an oid for the tag object if we know the SHA and look it up // the same way that we would a commit (or any other object). git_oid_fromstr(&oid, "b25fa35b38051e4ae45d4222e795f9df2e43f1d1"); error = git_tag_lookup(&tag, repo, &oid); check_error(error, "looking up tag"); // Now that we have the tag object, we can extract the information it // generally contains: the target (usually a commit object), the type of // the target object (usually 'commit'), the name ('v1.0'), the tagger (a // git_signature - name, email, timestamp), and the tag message. git_tag_target((git_object **)&commit, tag); tname = git_tag_name(tag); // "test" ttype = git_tag_target_type(tag); // GIT_OBJ_COMMIT (otype enum) tmessage = git_tag_message(tag); // "tag message\n" printf("Tag Message: %s\n", tmessage); git_commit_free(commit); // #### Tree Parsing // [Tree parsing][tp] is a bit different than the other objects, in that // we have a subtype which is the tree entry. This is not an actual // object type in Git, but a useful structure for parsing and traversing // tree entries. // // [tp]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/tree printf("\n*Tree Parsing*\n"); const git_tree_entry *entry; git_object *objt; // Create the oid and lookup the tree object just like the other objects. git_oid_fromstr(&oid, "2a741c18ac5ff082a7caaec6e74db3075a1906b5"); git_tree_lookup(&tree, repo, &oid); // Getting the count of entries in the tree so you can iterate over them // if you want to. size_t cnt = git_tree_entrycount(tree); // 3 printf("tree entries: %d\n", (int)cnt); entry = git_tree_entry_byindex(tree, 0); printf("Entry name: %s\n", git_tree_entry_name(entry)); // "hello.c" // You can also access tree entries by name if you know the name of the // entry you're looking for. entry = git_tree_entry_byname(tree, "README"); git_tree_entry_name(entry); // "hello.c" // Once you have the entry object, you can access the content or subtree // (or commit, in the case of submodules) that it points to. You can also // get the mode if you want. git_tree_entry_to_object(&objt, repo, entry); // blob // Remember to close the looked-up object once you are done using it git_object_free(objt); // #### Blob Parsing // The last object type is the simplest and requires the least parsing // help. Blobs are just file contents and can contain anything, there is // no structure to it. The main advantage to using the [simple blob // api][ba] is that when you're creating blobs you don't have to calculate // the size of the content. There is also a helper for reading a file // from disk and writing it to the db and getting the oid back so you // don't have to do all those steps yourself. // // [ba]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/blob printf("\n*Blob Parsing*\n"); git_blob *blob; git_oid_fromstr(&oid, "1385f264afb75a56a5bec74243be9b367ba4ca08"); git_blob_lookup(&blob, repo, &oid); // You can access a buffer with the raw contents of the blob directly. // Note that this buffer may not be contain ASCII data for certain blobs // (e.g. binary files): do not consider the buffer a NULL-terminated // string, and use the `git_blob_rawsize` attribute to find out its exact // size in bytes printf("Blob Size: %ld\n", (long)git_blob_rawsize(blob)); // 8 git_blob_rawcontent(blob); // "content" // ### Revwalking // The libgit2 [revision walking api][rw] provides methods to traverse the // directed graph created by the parent pointers of the commit objects. // Since all commits point back to the commit that came directly before // them, you can walk this parentage as a graph and find all the commits // that were ancestors of (reachable from) a given starting point. This // can allow you to create `git log` type functionality. // // [rw]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/revwalk printf("\n*Revwalking*\n"); git_revwalk *walk; git_commit *wcommit; git_oid_fromstr(&oid, "5b5b025afb0b4c913b4c338a42934a3863bf3644"); // To use the revwalker, create a new walker, tell it how you want to sort // the output and then push one or more starting points onto the walker. // If you want to emulate the output of `git log` you would push the SHA // of the commit that HEAD points to into the walker and then start // traversing them. You can also 'hide' commits that you want to stop at // or not see any of their ancestors. So if you want to emulate `git log // branch1..branch2`, you would push the oid of `branch2` and hide the oid // of `branch1`. git_revwalk_new(&walk, repo); git_revwalk_sorting(walk, GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL | GIT_SORT_REVERSE); git_revwalk_push(walk, &oid); const git_signature *cauth; const char *cmsg; // Now that we have the starting point pushed onto the walker, we start // asking for ancestors. It will return them in the sorting order we asked // for as commit oids. We can then lookup and parse the committed pointed // at by the returned OID; note that this operation is specially fast // since the raw contents of the commit object will be cached in memory while ((git_revwalk_next(&oid, walk)) == 0) { error = git_commit_lookup(&wcommit, repo, &oid); check_error(error, "looking up commit during revwalk"); cmsg = git_commit_message(wcommit); cauth = git_commit_author(wcommit); printf("%s (%s)\n", cmsg, cauth->email); git_commit_free(wcommit); } // Like the other objects, be sure to free the revwalker when you're done // to prevent memory leaks. Also, make sure that the repository being // walked it not deallocated while the walk is in progress, or it will // result in undefined behavior git_revwalk_free(walk); // ### Index File Manipulation // The [index file API][gi] allows you to read, traverse, update and write // the Git index file (sometimes thought of as the staging area). // // [gi]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/index printf("\n*Index Walking*\n"); git_index *index; unsigned int i, ecount; // You can either open the index from the standard location in an open // repository, as we're doing here, or you can open and manipulate any // index file with `git_index_open_bare()`. The index for the repository // will be located and loaded from disk. git_repository_index(&index, repo); // For each entry in the index, you can get a bunch of information // including the SHA (oid), path and mode which map to the tree objects // that are written out. It also has filesystem properties to help // determine what to inspect for changes (ctime, mtime, dev, ino, uid, // gid, file_size and flags) All these properties are exported publicly in // the `git_index_entry` struct ecount = git_index_entrycount(index); for (i = 0; i < ecount; ++i) { const git_index_entry *e = git_index_get_byindex(index, i); printf("path: %s\n", e->path); printf("mtime: %d\n", (int)e->mtime.seconds); printf("fs: %d\n", (int)e->file_size); } git_index_free(index); // ### References // The [reference API][ref] allows you to list, resolve, create and update // references such as branches, tags and remote references (everything in // the .git/refs directory). // // [ref]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/reference printf("\n*Reference Listing*\n"); // Here we will implement something like `git for-each-ref` simply listing // out all available references and the object SHA they resolve to. git_strarray ref_list; git_reference_list(&ref_list, repo); const char *refname; git_reference *ref; // Now that we have the list of reference names, we can lookup each ref // one at a time and resolve them to the SHA, then print both values out. for (i = 0; i < ref_list.count; ++i) { refname = ref_list.strings[i]; git_reference_lookup(&ref, repo, refname); switch (git_reference_type(ref)) { case GIT_REF_OID: git_oid_fmt(out, git_reference_target(ref)); printf("%s [%s]\n", refname, out); break; case GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC: printf("%s => %s\n", refname, git_reference_symbolic_target(ref)); break; default: fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected reference type\n"); exit(1); } } git_strarray_free(&ref_list); // ### Config Files // The [config API][config] allows you to list and updatee config values // in any of the accessible config file locations (system, global, local). // // [config]: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/config printf("\n*Config Listing*\n"); const char *email; int32_t j; git_config *cfg; // Open a config object so we can read global values from it. char config_path[256]; sprintf(config_path, "%s/config", repo_path); check_error(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, config_path), "opening config"); git_config_get_int32(&j, cfg, "help.autocorrect"); printf("Autocorrect: %d\n", j); git_config_get_string(&email, cfg, "user.email"); printf("Email: %s\n", email); // Finally, when you're done with the repository, you can free it as well. git_repository_free(repo); return 0; }