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.

Installation

• Download the binary from the releases section.

• Copy the binary file to your bin directory

cp tinygit /usr/local/bin
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tinygit

• Confirm the installation

tinygit -h

For Development

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 file
echo "hello world" > helloworld.txt

# show the status
python3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py status 

# add helloworld.txt to the staging area
python3 ../Tiny-Git/tinygit.py add helloworld.txt

# commit the files in staging area to the repo
python3 ../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