gitx: repository access and ref-to-ref diffs on go-git
Implement the git access layer for compare.sr.ht on go-git v5 (no runtime
git binary). Public surface: Open (owner/name validated via core, bare-repo
HEAD check, ErrNotFound on any miss); Refs/DefaultBranch; ResolveCommit/Log/
Parents; Diff/RawDiff/DiffStat/MergeBase/CommitPatch.
- Diffs route through DiffTreeWithOptions(DetectRenames) so old/new tree order
is explicit: three-dot uses the merge base as old side, two-dot uses base;
CommitPatch diffs a commit against its parent (root vs empty tree, merge vs
first parent, ParentSHAs exposed for the banner).
- Patch text is generated in memory then capped (5 MiB page, 50 MiB raw,
injectable override for tests) and cut at a "diff --git" file boundary so the
browser parser never sees a torn hunk; ctx timeout (10s) guards runaways.
- FileChange status/counts/binary derived purely from go-git FilePatches
(mapFilePatches); Log excludes base's full reachable set for correct
base..head semantics.
Tests build fixtures by driving the real git CLI in t.TempDir(). Fidelity gate
(TestPatchFidelity) confirms go-git emits standard git headers — diff --git,
index, rename from/to, "Binary files ... differ", @@ hunks — parseable by the
frontend parsePatchFiles(). 82% coverage.
core validators reject ^/~ so navigation revs are resolved to SHAs in tests.