package main import ( "fmt" "os" "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5" . "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/_examples" "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object" ) // Open an existing repository in a specific folder. func main() { CheckArgs("") path := os.Args[1] // We instantiate a new repository targeting the given path (the .git folder) r, err := git.PlainOpen(path) CheckIfError(err) // Length of the HEAD history Info("git rev-list HEAD --count") // ... retrieving the HEAD reference ref, err := r.Head() CheckIfError(err) // ... retrieves the commit history cIter, err := r.Log(&git.LogOptions{From: ref.Hash()}) CheckIfError(err) // ... just iterates over the commits var cCount int err = cIter.ForEach(func(c *object.Commit) error { cCount++ return nil }) CheckIfError(err) fmt.Println(cCount) }