rust-lang / rust-lang/git2-rs

Support creating detached remotes

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Description

It would be great to be able to create detached remotes with git2-rs, to allow for doing the equivalent of a git ls-remote when outside of a git repository. It looks like this is supported in libgit2 via git_remote_create_detached.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the existing remote-creation API and the libgit2 entry point git_remote_create_detached. Trace how git2-rs exposes remotes and determine what is needed to create one without a repository. Done means callers can perform the equivalent of git ls-remote from outside a Git repository.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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