Here is a non-comprehensive table of git commands and features whose equivalent is supported by go-git.
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| config | ||
| config | ✔ | Reading and modifying per-repository configuration (.git/config) is supported. Global configuration ($HOME/.gitconfig) is not. |
| getting and creating repositories | ||
| init | ✔ | Plain init and --bare are supported. Flags --template, --separate-git-dir and --shared are not. |
| clone | ✔ | Plain clone and equivalents to --progress, --single-branch, --depth, --origin, --recurse-submodules are supported. Others are not. |
| basic snapshotting | ||
| add | ✔ | Plain add is supported. Any other flags aren't supported |
| status | ✔ | |
| commit | ✔ | |
| reset | ✔ | |
| rm | ✔ | |
| mv | ✔ | |
| branching and merging | ||
| branch | ✔ | |
| checkout | ✔ | Basic usages of checkout are supported. |
| merge | ✖ | |
| mergetool | ✖ | |
| stash | ✖ | |
| tag | ✔ | |
| sharing and updating projects | ||
| fetch | ✔ | |
| pull | ✔ | Only supports merges where the merge can be resolved as a fast-forward. |
| push | ✔ | |
| remote | ✔ | |
| submodule | ✔ | |
| inspection and comparison | ||
| show | ✔ | |
| log | ✔ | |
| shortlog | (see log) | |
| describe | ||
| patching | ||
| apply | ✖ | |
| cherry-pick | ✖ | |
| diff | ✔ | Patch object with UnifiedDiff output representation |
| rebase | ✖ | |
| revert | ✖ | |
| debugging | ||
| bisect | ✖ | |
| blame | ✔ | |
| grep | ✔ | |
| am | ✖ | |
| apply | ✖ | |
| format-patch | ✖ | |
| send-email | ✖ | |
| request-pull | ✖ | |
| external systems | ||
| svn | ✖ | |
| fast-import | ✖ | |
| administration | ||
| clean | ✔ | |
| gc | ✖ | |
| fsck | ✖ | |
| reflog | ✖ | |
| filter-branch | ✖ | |
| instaweb | ✖ | |
| archive | ✖ | |
| bundle | ✖ | |
| prune | ✖ | |
| repack | ✖ | |
| server admin | ||
| daemon | ||
| update-server-info | ||
| advanced | ||
| notes | ✖ | |
| replace | ✖ | |
| worktree | ✖ | |
| annotate | (see blame) | |
| gpg | ||
| git-verify-commit | ✔ | |
| git-verify-tag | ✔ | |
| plumbing commands | ||
| cat-file | ✔ | |
| check-ignore | ||
| commit-tree | ||
| count-objects | ||
| diff-index | ||
| for-each-ref | ✔ | |
| hash-object | ✔ | |
| ls-files | ✔ | |
| merge-base | ✔ | Calculates the merge-base only between two commits, and supports --independent and --is-ancestor modifiers; Does not support --fork-point nor --octopus modifiers. |
| read-tree | ||
| rev-list | ✔ | |
| rev-parse | ||
| show-ref | ✔ | |
| symbolic-ref | ✔ | |
| update-index | ||
| update-ref | ||
| verify-pack | ||
| write-tree | ||
| protocols | ||
| http(s):// (dumb) | ✖ | |
| http(s):// (smart) | ✔ | |
| git:// | ✔ | |
| ssh:// | ✔ | |
| file:// | ✔ | |
| custom | ✔ | |
| other features | ||
| gitignore | ✔ | |
| gitattributes | ✖ | |
| index version | ||
| packfile version | ||
| push-certs | ✖ |