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Manage a Git repository with PHP. Provide an object oriented wrapper to run any Git command and manage versioned files.

• PHP >= 5.3
• Git >= 1.5

use Git\Repository;
$repo = new Repository('/path/to/the/git/repo');

It does NOT create a Git repo, but a PHP object to manipulate an existing Git repo.

If the Git repository does not exist yet on filesystem, Git\Repository can create it for you.

$repo = Git\Repository::create('/path/to/the/git/repo');

It runs git init and returns a Git\Repository object.

git commands can be run with the same syntax as in the CLI. Some examples:

// change current branch to master
$repo->git('checkout master');

// pull from a remote
$repo->git('pull origin master');

// add a remote repo
$repo->git('remote add origin git://github.com/JeromeTam/php-git-repo.git');

There is no limitation, you can run any git command.

The git() method returns the output string:

echo $repo->git('log --oneline');

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The git() method throws a GitRuntimeException if the command is invalid:

$repo->git('wtf'); // this git command does NOT exist: throw Git\Exception\GitRuntimeException

Some shortcut methods are provided to deal with branches in a convenient way.

$branches = $repo->getBranches();
// returns array('master', 'other_branch')

$branch = $repo->getCurrentBranch();
// returns 'master'

$hasBranch = $repo->hasBranch('master');
// returns true

$tags = $repo->getTags();
// returns array('first_release', 'v2')

You can get an array of the last commits on the current branch.

$commits = $repo->getCommits(15);
// returns an array of the 15 last commits

Internally, this methods run git log with formatted output. It returns an array of Git\Commit.

The first commit is the more recent one.

Git\Repository constructor second parameter lets you enable debug mode. When debug mode is on, commands and their output are displayed.

$repo = new Git\Repository('/path/to/the/git/repo', true);

Git\Repository can be configured by passing an array of options to the constructor third parameter.

You may need to provide the path to the git executable.

$repo = new Git\Repository('/path/to/the/git/repo', false, array('git_executable' => '/usr/bin/git'));

On most Unix system, it's /usr/bin/git. On Windows, it may be C:\Program Files\Git\bin.

If the executable is invalid, you will get a GitRuntimeException with code 127.

By default, Git\Repository will use Git\Command class to implement Git commands. By replacing this option, you can use your own command implementation:

$repo = new Git\Repository('/path/to/the/git/repo', false, array('command_class' => 'myGitCommand'));

All code is fully unit tested. You will need PHPUnit to run tests. First create a copy of phpunit.xml.dist

cp phpunit.xml.dist phpunit.xml

Then run the tests with PHPUnit:

phpunit