This is a starting point for Go solutions to the "Build Your Own Git" Challenge.
In this challenge, you'll build a small Git implementation that's capable of
initializing a repository, creating commits and cloning a public repository.
Along the way we'll learn about the .git
directory, Git objects (blobs,
commits, trees etc.), Git's transfer protocols and more.
Note: If you're viewing this repo on GitHub, head over to codecrafters.io to try the challenge.
The entry point for your Git implementation is in app/main.go
. Study and
uncomment the relevant code, and push your changes to pass the first stage:
git add .
git commit -m "pass 1st stage" # any msg
git push origin master
That's all!
Note: This section is for stages 2 and beyond.
- Ensure you have
go
installed locally - Run
./your_git.sh
to run your Git implementation, which is implemented inapp/main.go
. - Commit your changes and run
git push origin master
to submit your solution to CodeCrafters. Test output will be streamed to your terminal.
The your_git.sh
script is expected to operate on the .git
folder inside the
current working directory. If you're running this inside the root of this
repository, you might end up accidentally damaging your repository's .git
folder.
We suggest executing your_git.sh
in a different folder when testing locally.
For example:
mkdir -p /tmp/testing && cd /tmp/testing
/path/to/your/repo/your_git.sh init
To make this easier to type out, you could add a shell alias:
alias mygit=/path/to/your/repo/your_git.sh
mkdir -p /tmp/testing && cd /tmp/testing
mygit init