How to access the api for git in visual studio code

Question

I want to use the vscode git api in one my extension to do git clone and other tasks. Is it accessible from the vscode api ? The code is present here.. api

Answer 1

Sample code for using git api in vscode extension :

const gitExtension = vscode.extensions.getExtension('vscode.git').exports;
const api = gitExtension.getAPI(1);

const repo = api.repositories[0];
const head = repo.state.HEAD;

// Get the branch and commit 
const {commit,name: branch} = head;

// Get head of any other branch
const mainBranch = 'master'
const branchDetails = await repo.getBranch(mainBranch);

// Get last merge commit
const lastMergeCommit = await repo.getMergeBase(branch, mainBranch);

const status = await repo.status();

console.log({ branch, commit, lastMergeCommit, needsSync: lastMergeCommit !== commit });

You also have to update extensionDependencies in you package.json:

"extensionDependencies": [
    "vscode.git"
  ]