Git Functionalities using c# Console Application - Commit new file / edit existing file to git

Question

Git Functionalities using c# Console Application - Commit new file / edit existing file to git

How to read from git repository.
Commit a new file to git repository.
Commit a existing file with changes to git repository.

Can any one provide necessary c# code using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.SourceControl.WebApi .

Answer 1

You can use this lib https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp

wiki of libgit2ssharp: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/wiki

I have use it in the past and it's pretty good.

Answer 2

Hi rmaurodev,

This contains only related to committing from local repository to git repository,
I was looking for writing directly to git repository.

while trying

using (var repo = new Repository("path/to/your/repo"))
{
Remote remote = repo.Network.Remotes["origin"];
var options = new PushOptions();
options.CredentialsProvider = (_url, _user, _cred) =>
new UsernamePasswordCredentials { Username = "USERNAME", Password = "PASSWORD" };
repo.Network.Push(remote, @"refs/heads/master", options);
}

not able to identify what value to provide on "origin" and @"refs/heads/master"

Answer 3

The api would use the same steps

Stage the file to local repo
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/wiki/git-add

Commit the file
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/wiki/git-commit

Push to remote ( your code)

You may need to pull first to get your local in sync

You also need to know the branch names to create the proper refs

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References

In the past the main branch was often named “master” but this is not common anymore.