GitCore

Pure managed C# implementation for reading from Git repositories.

Features

• Portable and simple
  • No dependencies on native code.
  • No dependencies on file system.
• Cloning via Git Smart HTTP
  • Efficient partial cloning of subdirectories.
  • Configurable API for caching git objects to make cloning more efficient.

Usage

NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/GitCore/

dotnet  add  package  GitCore

var subdirectoryContents =
    await GitCore.LoadFromUrl.LoadSubdirectoryContentsFromGitUrlAsync(
        gitUrl: "https://github.com/pine-vm/pine.git",
        commitSha: "c837c8199f38aab839c40019a50055e16d100c74",
        subdirectoryPath: ["guide"]);

History

In the past, I had used LibGit2Sharp to clone Git repositories and read their files. That often works, but the native dependencies of such a solution have caused many problems.

For any app that's hosted in .NET anyway, a pure managed implementation seems the natural way to simplify builds and operations.