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Versions in this module

v1

v1.3.1

Sep 12, 2026

v1.3.0

Aug 21, 2026

v1.2.1

Aug 16, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func Branches(repo *git.Repository) ([]*plumbing.Reference, error)

+ func FindMainBranch(repo *git.Repository, branches []string) (string, error)

+ func GitwebCategory(repo *git.Repository) string

+ func GitwebDescription(repo *git.Repository) string

+ func WriteTar(w io.Writer, prefix string, tree *object.Tree) error

type CommitsPageMeta

+ func Commits(repo *git.Repository, rev plumbing.Hash, opts CommitsOptions) ([]*object.Commit, CommitsPageMeta, error)

type NiceDiff

+ func Diff(commit *object.Commit) (*NiceDiff, error)

+ func SystemDiff(repoPath string, commit *object.Commit) (*NiceDiff, error)

type NiceTree

+ func NewNiceTree(tree *object.Tree, path string) ([]NiceTree, error)

type TagReference

+ func Tags(repo *git.Repository) ([]*TagReference, error)

v1.0.0

Jul 19, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type CommitsOptions struct

+ After plumbing.Hash

+ Before plumbing.Hash

+ Limit uint32

+ type CommitsPageMeta struct

+ HasNextPage bool

+ HasPrevPage bool

+ type GitRepo struct

+ func Open(path string, ref string) (*GitRepo, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) Branches() ([]*plumbing.Reference, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) Commits(opts CommitsOptions) ([]*object.Commit, CommitsPageMeta, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) Diff() (*NiceDiff, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) File(path string) (*object.File, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) FileTree(path string) ([]NiceTree, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) FindMainBranch(branches []string) (string, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) Head() plumbing.Hash

+ func (g *GitRepo) LastCommit() (*object.Commit, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) Tags() ([]*TagReference, error)

+ func (g *GitRepo) WriteTar(w io.Writer, prefix string) error

+ type NiceDiff struct

+ Commit *object.Commit

+ Files []*gitdiff.File

+ Parent *object.Commit

+ Stat struct{ ... }

+ type NiceTree struct

+ IsFile bool

+ IsSubtree bool

+ Mode string

+ Name string

+ Size int64

+ type TagList struct

+ func (self *TagList) Len() int

+ func (self *TagList) Less(i, j int) bool

+ func (self *TagList) Swap(i, j int)

+ type TagReference struct

+ func (t *TagReference) Message() string

+ func (t *TagReference) Name() string