Run git commands from a C# function

Question

How can my C# code run git commands when it detects changes in tracked file? I am writing a VisualStudio/C# console project for this purpose.

I am new to the the .NET environment and currently working on integrating automated GIT commits to a folder. I need to automatically commit any change/add/delete on a known folder and push that to a git remote. Any guidance appreciated. Thank you.

Here is what I have and the last one is the one I need some guidance with:

1. Git repository initially set up on folder with proper ignore file (done).
2. I am using C# FileSystemWatcher to catch any changes on said folder (done).
3. Once my project detects a change it needs to commit and push those changes (pending).

Tentative commands the project needs to run:

git add -A git commit "explanations_of_changes" git push our_remote 

NOTE: This code (with no user interaction) will be the only entity committing to this repo so I am not worried about conflicts and believe this flow will work.

Answer 1

I realize this is an old question but I wanted to add the solution I recently came across to help those in the future.

The PowerShell class provides an easy way to interact with git. This is part of the System.Management.Automation namespace in .NET. Note that System.Management.Automation.dll is available via NuGet.

string directory = ""; // directory of the git repository  using (PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create()) {     // this changes from the user folder that PowerShell starts up with to your git repository     powershell.AddScript($"cd {directory}");      powershell.AddScript(@"git init");     powershell.AddScript(@"git add *");     powershell.AddScript(@"git commit -m 'git commit from PowerShell in C#'");     powershell.AddScript(@"git push");      Collection<PSObject> results = powershell.Invoke(); } 

In my opinion this is cleaner and nicer than using the Process.Start() approach. You can modify this to your specfic needs by editing the scripts that are added to the powershell object.

As commented by @ArtemIllarionov, powershell.Invoke() does not return errors but the Streams property has output information. Specifically powerShell.Streams.Error for errors.