Using GitSharp to PUSH changes

Question

How can GitSharp (Git for .NET and Mono) be used to PUSH changes changes to a remote server over SSH?

Answer 1

In theory, yes, the latest GitSharp 0.3 release (June 2010) includes:

bug fixes in the transport code (pushing / fetching via http or ssh)

The GitSharp README.txt does have:

Object transport

• Fetch via ssh, git, http and bundles.
• Push via ssh, git. Git# does not yet deltify
  the pushed packs so they may be a lot larger than C Git packs.

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You will find an example of such a push (over ssh) in this thread:

Repository repository = new Repository(@"\path\to\my_repos");
repository.Index.Add(@"\path\to\my_file");

Commit commited = repository.Commit("Testing fromGitC#", new Author("Author", "...@aCompany.com"));

if(commited.IsValid) {
    PushCommand pushCommand = new PushCommand {
        RefSpecs = new List<RefSpec> {
           new RefSpec("HEAD", "refs/for/master")
        },
        Force = true,
        Repository = repository
    };
    pushCommand.AddAll();
    pushCommand.Execute();
} 

Answer 2

GitSharp is based upon a manual port of JGit from Java to C#. There is another project does this semi-automatically (with the purpose of being added to MonoDevelop)

http://foodformonkeys.blogspot.com/2010/10/ngit.html

https://github.com/slluis/ngit

ABOUT NGIT

NGit is a port of JGit [1] to C#. This port is generated semi-automatically using Sharpen [2], a Java-to-C# conversion utility.

NGit provides all functionality implemented by JGit, including all repository manipulation primitives and transport protocols. SSH support is provided by a port of jsch [3], included in the project.

The project is composed by 4 libraries: - NGit: The git library. - NGit.Test: Unit tests for NGit - NSch: The port of jsch. - Sharpen: Some support classes required by the above libraries.