This is a simple attempt at re-creating some of the functionality of the git command in Rust.

Run cargo run to see the help message.

Features

• hash-object - Compute the hash of an object and optionally write it to the object database.
  • -w flag to write the object to the object database.
  • -t flag to specify the type of the object (supported: blob).
  • <file> argument to specify the file to hash.
• init - Create an empty Git repository.
  • --bare flag to create a bare repository.
  • -b or --initial-branch flag to specify the initial branch.
  • -q or --quiet flag to suppress the output.
  • <directory> argument to specify the directory to initialize.
• cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objects.
  • -t flag to show the type of the object.
  • -s flag to show the size of the object.
  • -p flag to show the content of the object (pretty-print)
  • --allow-unknown-type flag to allow unknown object types (to be used with -t or -s).
  • <object> argument to specify the object to show.
• show-ref - List references in a local repository.
  • --head flag to include the HEAD reference.
  • --tags flag to show only tags.
  • --heads flag to show only heads.
  • --hash=<n> flag to only show the reference hashes (n is the number of characters to show, 4-40).
  • --abbrev=<n> flag to abbreviate the hashes to n characters (4-40)

Testing

Due to the nature of the project, tests must be run single-threaded. This is enforced by the RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 environment variable in the .cargo/config.toml file.

To run the tests, use the following command:

cargo test