Could be possible to switch to gix?

[lu-zero]

It would be less problematic than relying on the presence of libgit2.

I can contribute the code to switch to it if you deem it acceptable.

[lukaslueg]

That's certainly possible, although reliability / platform compatibility would be paramount.

There has been ongoing work (and) to add the required features to gitoxide. If you ping @Byron, he may be able to guide towards what's left to do.

[lu-zero]

I see he started working on a new branch. I forgot the dirty check is missing :)

[Byron]

Indeed, there really is 'just' this PR missing which I plan to work on for months now. It will happen though…I am just spread thin ATM.

[jayvdb]

GitoxideLabs/gitoxide#1368 was merged in June. Maybe this is now feasible?

[Byron]

Please note that I have been using these PRs for other things and keep reopening them, so the mere merge doesn't really say much about its contents.
Thus, is_dirty isn't fully supported yet as it also needs a diff between a HEAD and the index, which isn't implemented yet.
And as I am tracking this and have it on my radar, you can trust I will be back here to finish the integration as soon as it's possible.

Let me finish with my sincere apologies for the noise.