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This project needs libgit2, which is written in C so we need to take an extra step. Run `go get github.com/libgit2/git2go` and go to your `$GOROOT/src/github.com/libgt2/git2go` dir. From there, we need to build the C code and put it into the resulting go binary.
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This project needs libgit2, which is written in C so we need to build that as well. In order to build libgit2, you need `cmake`, `pkg-config` and a C compiler. You will also need the development packages for OpenSSL and LibSSH2 if you want to use HTTPS and SSH respectively.
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git submodule update --init
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make install
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Run `go get github.com/libgit2/git2go` to download the code and go to your `$GOPATH/src/github.com/libgt2/git2go` dir. From there, we need to build the C code and put it into the resulting go binary.
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will compile libgit2, build it statically into git2go and install the resulting object file where your Go project can use it.
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git submodule update --init # get libgit2
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make install
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will compile libgit2 and run `go install` such that it's statically linked to the git2go package.
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License
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