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*go-git* is a highly extensible git implementation library written in **pure Go**.

It can be used to manipulate git repositories at low level *(plumbing)* or high level *(porcelain)*, through an idiomatic Go API. It also supports several types of storage, such as in-memory filesystems, or custom implementations thanks to the [`Storer`](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/storer) interface.

It's being actively developed since 2015 and is being used extensively by [source{d}](https://sourced.tech/) and [Keybase](https://keybase.io/blog/encrypted-git-for-everyone), and by many other libraries and tools.

Comparison with git
-------------------

*go-git* aims to be fully compatible with [git](https://github.com/git/git), all the *porcelain* operations are implemented to work exactly as *git* does.

*git* is a humongous project with years of development by thousands of contributors, making it challenging for *go-git* to implement all the features. You can find a comparison of *go-git* vs *git* in the [compatibility documentation](COMPATIBILITY.md).


Installation
------------

The recommended way to install *go-git* is:

```
go get -u github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/...
```

> We use [gopkg.in](http://labix.org/gopkg.in) to version the API, this means that when `go get` clones the package, it's the latest tag matching `v4.*` that is cloned and not the master branch.

Examples
--------

> Please note that the `CheckIfError` and `Info` functions  used in the examples are from the [examples package](https://github.com/src-d/go-git/blob/master/_examples/common.go#L17) just to be used in the examples.


### Basic example

A basic example that mimics the standard `git clone` command
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*go-git* is a highly extensible git implementation library written in **pure Go**.

It can be used to manipulate git repositories at low level *(plumbing)* or high level *(porcelain)*, through an idiomatic Go API. It also supports several types of storage, such as in-memory filesystems, or custom implementations, thanks to the [`Storer`](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/storer) interface.

It's being actively developed since 2015 and is being used extensively by [Keybase](https://keybase.io/blog/encrypted-git-for-everyone), [Gitea](https://gitea.io/en-us/) or [Pulumi](https://github.com/search?q=org%3Apulumi+go-git&type=Code), and by many other libraries and tools.

Project Status
--------------

After the legal issues with the [`src-d`](https://github.com/src-d) organization, the lack of update for four months and the requirement to make a hard fork, the project is **now back to normality**.

The project is currently actively maintained by individual contributors, including several of the original authors, but also backed by a new company `gitsigth` where `go-git` is a critical component used at scale.


Comparison with git
-------------------

*go-git* aims to be fully compatible with [git](https://github.com/git/git), all the *porcelain* operations are implemented to work exactly as *git* does.

*git* is a humongous project with years of development by thousands of contributors, making it challenging for *go-git* to implement all the features. You can find a comparison of *go-git* vs *git* in the [compatibility documentation](COMPATIBILITY.md).


Installation
------------

The recommended way to install *go-git* is:

```go
import "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5" // with go modules enabled (GO111MODULE=on or outside GOPATH)
import "github.com/go-git/go-git" // with go modules disabled
```


Examples
--------

> Please note that the `CheckIfError` and `Info` functions  used in the examples are from the [examples package](https://github.com/src-d/go-git/blob/master/_examples/common.go#L17) just to be used in the examples.


### Basic example

A basic example that mimics the standard `git clone` command

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