php - Reading a Git repository, without Git

Question

I'm researching the idea of building a super-small (preferably PHP) web app, which will serve (among other things) as a minimal front-end to a git repository.

Any library/article for reading a git repository (".git" folder) without having to execute the "git" process? I'm looking for an API to manage a git repository. I'm only interested in basic functions, such as reading last commits (name of commiter, commit note, date), displaying and traversing branches...

Thanks, ANaimi

Answer 1

Would this (git API documents) be of any help?

Here's a list of resources about extending php (i.e. to to provide wrappers around other library code):

• extending php - an overview
• writing php extension modules in C
• PHP extension writing
• writing extensions
• Practical PHP Programming:Writing extensions
• Extending PHP: examples
• Writing a PHP Extension
• Extension Writing Part I: Introduction to PHP and Zend
• Zend API: Hacking the Core of PHP
• PHP at the Core: A Hacker's Guide to the Zend Engine
• Creating a PHP5 Extension with MS VC++ 2005
• Writing a PHP Extension (C++)

Also, these would seem relevant, too:

• git-php
• git library?
• Pure-Python Git Library
• Git library?
• libgit2 - a true git library & libgit2 source code at GitHub
• php-git, a libgit2 binding
• ActionScript3 git library