An API for retrieving, caching, and programatically accessing git libraries.

To access git dependencies (for example, via tools.deps), one must download git directories and working trees as indicated by git shas. This library provides this functionality and also keeps a cache of git dirs and working trees that can be reused.

The following API is provided in clojure.tools.gitlibs:

• (resolve git-url rev) ;; returns full sha of rev in git-url
• (procure git-url lib rev) ;; returns working tree directory for git-url identified as lib at rev
• (descendant git-url revs) ;; returns rev which is a descedant of all revs, or nil if none
• (tags git-url) ;; returns a collection of tags in this git-url (fetches to refresh)
• (cache-dir) ;; returns path to root of gitlibs cache dir

The following git url types are supported:

• https - for public anonymous clone and fetch of public or private repos with credentials via git credential sources
• ssh - for authenticated clone and fetch of private repos (uses ssh)
• http and git protocols are plain-text and NOT supported or recommended

The API functions all take revs, which can be any git rev that resolves to a commit, such as:

• Full sha (40 chars)
• Prefix sha (sufficiently unique in the repo, often 7 chars)
• Tag name
• Branch name

Procured working trees are always cached on the basis of the rev's full sha, so using procure repeatedly on a rev that does not resolve to a fixed sha may result in new checkouts in the cache.

Downloaded git dirs and working trees are stored in the gitlibs cache dir, ~/.gitlibs by default. This directory is just a cache and can be safely removed if needed.

tools.gitlibs can be configured by either environment variable or Java system property. If both are provided, the Java system property takes precedence.

This project follows the version scheme MAJOR.MINOR.COMMITS where MAJOR and MINOR provide some relative indication of the size of the change, but do not follow semantic versioning. In general, all changes endeavor to be non-breaking (by moving to new names rather than by breaking existing names). COMMITS is an ever-increasing counter of commits since the beginning of this repository.

Latest release: 2.6.217

• All released versions
• Coordinates: org.clojure/tools.gitlibs {:mvn/version "2.6.217"}

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Copyright © Rich Hickey, Alex Miller, and contributors

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