# `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 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