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`git`
=====

This library provides access to a git project current branch and latest
commit data (e.g., commit hash). Support for using this library on Windows
operating-systems is experimental and may or may not work depending on
the used Prolog backend.


API documentation
-----------------

Open the [../../apis/library_index.html#git](../../apis/library_index.html#git)
link in a web browser.


Loading
-------

To load all entities in this library, load the `loader.lgt` file:

	| ?- logtalk_load(git(loader)).


Testing
-------

To test this library predicates, load the `tester.lgt` file:

	| ?- logtalk_load(git(tester)).


Usage
-----

All predicates take as first argument a directory, which should be either a
git repository directory or a sub-directory of a git repository directory.
The main predicate is `commit_log/3`. It provides access to the `git log`
command when called with the `--oneline -n 1 --pretty=format:` options. By
passing as second argument the desired format, it returns an atom with the
formatted output. For example:

	| ?- git::commit_log('/Users/pmoura/logtalk3', '%h%n%B', Output),
	     write(Output), nl.

	eccaa1a2a
	Update SVG diagrams

	Output = 'eccaa1a2a\nUpdate SVG diagrams\n'
	yes

See e.g. the official documentation on `git log` pretty formats for details:

https://git-scm.com/docs/pretty-formats

Convenient predicates are also provided for commonly used formats such as the
commit author and the commit hash. For example:

	| ?- git::commit_author('/Users/pmoura/Documents/Logtalk/logtalk3', Author).

	Author = 'Paulo Moura'
	yes

	| ?- git::commit_hash('/Users/pmoura/Documents/Logtalk/logtalk3', Hash).

	Hash = eccaa1a2a9495fef441915bbace84e0a4b0394a2
	yes

It's also possible to get the name of the current local branch. For example:

	| ?- git::branch('/Users/pmoura/Documents/Logtalk/logtalk3', Branch).

	Branch = master
	yes
