NAME

Git::Raw::Remote - Git remote class

VERSION

version 0.30

SYNOPSIS

use Git::Raw;

# open the Git repository at $path
my $repo = Git::Raw::Repository -> open($path);

# add a new remote
my $remote = Git::Raw::Remote -> create($repo, 'origin', $url);

# set the acquire credentials callback
$remote -> callbacks({
  'credentials' => sub { Git::Raw::Cred -> userpass($usr, $pwd) }
  'update_tips' => sub {
    my ($ref, $a, $b) = @_);
    print "Updated $ref: $a -> $b", "\n";
  }
});

# connect the remote
$remote -> connect('fetch');

# fetch from the remote and update the local tips
$remote -> download;
$remote -> update_tips;

# disconnect
$remote -> disconnect;

my $empty_repo = Git::Raw::Repository -> new;
my $inmem_remote = Git::Raw::Remote -> create_inmemory($repo, undef, $url);
my $list = $inmem_remote -> ls;

DESCRIPTION

A Git::Raw::Remote represents a Git remote.

WARNING: The API of this module is unstable and may change without warning (any change will be appropriately documented in the changelog).

METHODS

create( $repo, $name, $url )

Create a remote with the default fetch refspec and add it to the repository's configuration.

create_inmemory( $repo, $fetch_refspec, $url )

Create a remote in memory.

load( $repo, $name )

Load an existing remote.

name( [ $name ] )

Retrieve the name of the remote. If $name is passed, the remote's name will be updated and returned.

url( [ $url ] )

Retrieve the URL of the remote. If $url is passed, the remote's URL will be updated and returned.

add_fetch( $spec )

Add a fetch spec to the remote.

add_push( $spec )

Add a push spec to the remote.

ls( )

Retrieve the list of refs at the remote. Returns a hash reference containing key = value> pairs where the key is the name of the reference, and the value is a hash reference containing the following values:

  • "local"

    Whether the reference exists locally.

  • "id"

    The object ID of the reference.

  • "lid"

    The local object ID of the reference (optional).

callbacks( \%callbacks )

  • "credentials"

    The callback to be called any time authentication is required to connect to the remote repository. The callback receives a string containing the URL of the remote, and it must return a Git::Raw::Cred object.

  • "progress"

    Textual progress from the remote. Text send over the progress side-band will be passed to this function (this is the 'counting objects' output). The callback receives a string containing progress information.

  • "completion"

    Completion is called when different parts of the download process are done (currently unused).

  • "transfer_progress"

    During the download of new data, this will be regularly called with the current count of progress done by the indexer. The callback receives the following integers: total_objects, received_objects, local_objects, total_deltas, indexed_deltas and received_bytes.

  • "update_tips"

    Each time a reference is updated locally, this function will be called with information about it. The callback receives a string containing the name of the reference that was updated, and the two OID's a before and after b the update.

connect( $direction )

Connect to the remote. The direction can be either "fetch" or "push".

disconnect( )

Disconnect the remote.

download( )

Download the remote packfile.

save( )

Save the remote to its repository's config.

update_tips( )

Update the tips to the new status.

is_connected( )

Check if the remote is connected.

AUTHOR

Alessandro Ghedini <alexbio@cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012 Alessandro Ghedini.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.