Tiny Git

Tiny Git is a simplified version of Git with only the basic functionalities to gain better understanding of git internals.

Implemented Functionalities

• init : initialize an empty repository.
• add : Add files to the staging area.
• status : Shows working directory status.
• commit : Commits the staged files to the repository.
• ls-files: List all the files in the cache/index.
• cat-file: Displays a git object in a specific format according to the mode argument.

Usage

git clone https://github.com/a7medayman6/Tiny-Git mkdir repo cd repo # initialize a repository in repo/python3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py init . # create a new fileecho "hello world" > helloworld.txt # show the statuspython3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py status # add helloworld.txt to the staging areapython3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py add helloworld.txt # commit the files in staging area to the repopython3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py commit -m "commit msg goes here" -a "author name goes here"

Resources

• Mastering Git’s index - Charles Bailey
• pygit story - by Ben Hoyt

GitHub - a7medayman6/Tiny-Git at pythonawesome.com

Tiny Git is a simplified version of Git with only the basic functionalities to gain better understanding of git internals. - GitHub - a7medayman6/Tiny-Git at pythonawesome.com

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