How to detect pending changes in libgit2sharp?

Question

In libgit2sharp https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/ how do you check for pending/uncommitted changes?

You can also have a look on the `RepositoryStatus status = repo.Index.RetrieveStatus();` method further info in the [unit tests](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/blob/vNext/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/StatusFixture.cs) — nemesv, Oct 13 '12 at 13:33
@nemesv this should really be an answer ... it's really good :) — Joel Martinez, Feb 17 '14 at 15:51
It looks like repo.Index.RetrieveStatus() is deprecated in favor of repo.RetrieveStatus() — Jason Koopmans, Dec 02 '14 at 19:07

Valid · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-14T17:00:19.670

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The following works for me:

///DEPRECATED - see comment from @derptastic
public bool HasUncommittedChanges
{
    get
    {
        using (var repo = new Repository(repositoryRoot))
        {
            RepositoryStatus status = repo.RetrieveStatus();
            return status.IsDirty;
        }
    }
}

Thanks to @Derptastic for the link to LibGit2Sharp Wiki

edited May 14 '20 at 17:00

answered May 18 '15 at 19:51

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This has given me false positives on repos where git itself doesn't find uncommitted changes, but `repo.isDirty` returns true. If you want a simple bool check for git diff (or essentially, "Do I have uncommitted changes"), from the official docs - https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/wiki/git-diff - `repo.Diff.Compare().Count > 0` – Derptastic May 12 '20 at 08:10

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 18 '15 at 09:12

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The following lines of code will provide the filename and the state of that file.

foreach (var item in repo1.RetrieveStatus())
{
  Console.WriteLine(item.FilePath);
  Console.WriteLine(item.State);
}

edited Nov 18 '15 at 09:12

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answered Nov 18 '15 at 08:47

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '12 at 13:32

You can use repository.Diff.Compare().

    /// <summary>
    ///   Show changes between the working directory and the index.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name = "paths">The list of paths (either files or directories) that should be compared.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref = "TreeChanges"/> containing the changes between the working directory and the index.</returns>
    public virtual TreeChanges Compare(IEnumerable<string> paths = null)

Passing no paths at all should give all changes.

How to detect pending changes in libgit2sharp?

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