A thin MATLAB wrapper for the Git source control system

Use this exactly as you would use the OS command-line Git, but from within MATLAB

Description

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https://github.com/manur/MATLAB-git

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A thin MATLAB wrapper for Git.

  Short instructions:
      Use this exactly as you would use the OS command-line verison of Git.

  Long instructions are:
      This is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to the near-omnipotent
      Git SCM:
          http://git-scm.com/documentation

      Common MATLAB workflow:
   
      % Creates initial repository tracking all files under some root
      % folder
      >> cd ~/
      >> git init
    
      % Shows changes made to all files in repo (none so far)
      >> git status
   
      % Create a new file and add some code
      >> edit foo.m

      % Check repo status, after new file created
      >> git status
     
      % Stage/unstage files for commit
      >> git add foo.m % Add file to repo or to stage
      >> git reset HEAD . % To unstage your files from current commit area
    
      % Commit your changes to a new branch, with comments
      >> git commit -m 'Created new file, foo.m'

      % Other useful commands (replace ellipses with appropriate args)
      >> git checkout ... % To restore files to last commit
      >> git branch ... % To create or move to another branch
      >> git diff ... % See line-by-line changes
   
  Useful resources:
      1. GitX: A visual interface for Git on the OS X client
      2. Github.com: Remote hosting for Git repos
      3. Git on Wikipedia: Further reading

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.11 (2010b)
• Other requirements: Must have Git installed on the OS that MATLAB runs on: http://git-scm.com/download

[Timothy Hansell]

This is a very good little utility.
I've found it useful on both windows and Mac OS X.

[the cyclist]

 

[HaveF]

Does it can be used in Windows? when use MSysGit? Maybe not

[Mikhail]

How is it different from !git init, !git status etc?..

[Manu Raghavan]

@Mikhail, the shell-out operator '!' cannot capture outputs of shell commands, which is relevant for some operations, like knowing if git is even on the path.

Using the SYSTEM command over the ! operator also fixes issues related to multi-page scrolling views, like looking up git help operations.

[John Stowers]

This works better for me on linux

[status,i_] = system('git status');

% if git is in the path this will return a status of 0 or 128
% depending on whether we are sitting in a repository or not
% it will return a 1 only if the command is not found

if (status==0)
    % call the real git with the arguments
    arguments = parse(varargin{:});
    [i_,result] = system(['git --no-pager ',arguments]);
    disp(result)
elseif (status==128)
    warning('Not a git repository');
else
    error('git is not installed');
end

[Matt]

It looks like for MsysGit (v1.7.7 anyway, on XP), that the git command and arguments should be piped to cat, not type.

So if you're having some difficulties on Windows - in the form of an error message about incorrect syntax - try removing the "if ispc" conditional block at line 69 and setting the value of "prog" to "cat".

[Matthew Arthington]

I agree with Matt, setting to prog to 'cat' makes this work properly.