zephinzer/dev

package git

import (
    "fmt"

    extgit "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
    extgitconfig "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
)

// Init does a `git init` on the provided :localPath using the clone URL :cloneURL
// as the initial remote. If :defaultRemoteName is specified, the first string in the expansion
// will be used as the remote name; if unspecified, 'origin' is used
func Init(cloneURL, localPath string, defaultRemoteName ...string) error {
    initialisedRepo, initError := extgit.PlainInit(localPath, false)
    if initError != nil {
        return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialise repository at '%s': %s", localPath, initError)
    }
    remoteOfInterest := DefaultRemote
    if len(defaultRemoteName) > 0 {
        remoteOfInterest = defaultRemoteName[0]
    }
    _, createRemoteError := initialisedRepo.CreateRemote(&extgitconfig.RemoteConfig{
        Name: remoteOfInterest,
        URLs: []string{cloneURL},
    })
    if createRemoteError != nil {
        return fmt.Errorf("failed to set remote origin for repository at '%s' tracked at '%s': %s", localPath, cloneURL, createRemoteError)
    }
    return nil
}