git : allows to create a Remote without a Repository

Signed-off-by: Valentin Cocaud <v.cocaud@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/_examples/ls-remote/main.go b/_examples/ls-remote/main.go
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+++ b/_examples/ls-remote/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/config"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/storage/memory"
+)
+
+// Retrieve remote tags without cloning repository
+func main() {
+
+	// Create the remote with repository URL
+	rem := git.NewRemote(memory.NewStorage(), &config.RemoteConfig{
+		Name: "origin",
+		URLs: []string{"https://github.com/Zenika/MARCEL"},
+	})
+
+	log.Print("Fetching tags...")
+
+	// We can then use every Remote functions to retrieve wanted informations
+	refs, err := rem.List(&git.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Filters the references list and only keeps tags
+	var tags []string
+	for _, ref := range refs {
+		if ref.Name().IsTag() {
+			tags = append(tags, ref.Name().Short())
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(tags) == 0 {
+		log.Println("No tags!")
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Tags found: %v", tags)
+}