Supported Capabilities
======================
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 | ✔ |
| **email** ||
| 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:// | partial | Warning: this is not pure Golang. This shells out to the `git` binary. |
| custom | ✔ |
| **other features** |
| gitignore | ✔ |
| gitattributes | ✖ |
| index version | |
| packfile version | |
| push-certs | ✖ |
