https://github.com/ssrathi/golang_git

Implementation of git internals from scratch in Go language
https://github.com/ssrathi/golang_git

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Implementation of git internals from scratch in Go language

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ssrathi/golang_git
• Owner: ssrathi
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-09T03:28:30.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-30T18:47:21.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-20T23:18:24.408Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: git, go, golang
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 559 KB
• Stars: 49
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# gogit

Implementation of git internal commands in Go language.

This project is part of a learning exercise to implement a subset of "git"

commands. It can be used to create and maintain git objects, such as blobs,

trees, commits, references and tags.

[](https://asciinema.org/a/331278?speed=2&autoplay=1&t=8)

# Video with explanation

This video is a supplemental tech-talk recording explaining the internals of "git" (Delievered at Nutanix, Inc, 2020)

[](https://players.brightcove.net/5850956868001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6304540004001)

## Supported commands

```

gogit - the stupid content tracker

usage: gogit  []

Valid commands:

  init           Create an empty Git repository

  hash-object    Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file

  cat-file       Provide content or type and size information for repository objects

  ls-tree        List the contents of a tree object

  mktree         Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text

  checkout       restore working tree files

  commit-tree    Create a new commit object

  log            Shows the commit logs

  show-ref       List references in a local repository

  update-ref     Update the object name stored in a ref safely

  rev-parse      Parse a given git identifier

Use "gogit  --help" for help on a specific command

```

## Installation

```

go get github.com/ssrathi/gogit

```

## Contributing

Contributions are most welcome! Please create a new issue and link your PR to it.