replicating index.add_all with gix

[Lunarequest]

to do say git add . you would do something like this

pub fn git_add(repo: &Repository) -> Result<()> {
    let mut index = repo.index().context("Failed to get index of repo")?;

    index
        .add_all(["."].into_iter(), IndexAddOption::DEFAULT, None)
        .context("Failed to add files to repo")?;
    index.write()?;
    Ok(())
}

but I'm a bit confused on how to do the same with gix due to a lack of examples. am i missing something obvious?

[Byron]

Currently there is no high-level API to implement git add similarly to how git add would, or how one would do it with git2.

As a general rule of thumb, gix (the crate) is likely to be able to do what you are looking for if gix (the CLI) can do it. Using the CLI for discovery might have advantages as it follows the terminology of the git CLI more closely.

Please also note that technically, you can implement a git add with gix today, but it will be very low-level and cumbersome. Further, it's not yet possible to easily create a tree from an index, which would be needed for a commit.

With this said, it's not yet on the roadmap either as cargo doesn't need that functionality on the roadmap as cargo also needs that to work, but it's unclear if it will be implemented this year.

[Lunarequest]

would you mind pointing me to the right file which defines the cli args?

[Byron]

What I tried to say is that something like index.add_all() does not yet exist, and might not until next year.