GITFN_COMMIT_LOG Function

Returns the number of commit objects that are associated with the local repository.

Category:	Git
Restriction:	This function is not supported in a DATA step that runs in CAS.
See:	For more information see Using Git Functions in SAS.
See:	The GITFN_ functions were deprecated and replaced with the GIT_ functions. For a list of the new GIT_ functions and the deprecated functions that they replace, see Deprecated Git Functions.

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Syntax

GITFN_COMMIT_LOG( directory)

Required Argument

Details

Overview

The GITFN_COMMIT_LOG function creates a commit record object and returns the number of commit objects that are associated with the local Git repository.

Return Codes

The GITFN_COMMIT_LOG function has return codes that indicate whether the operation was successful.

Return Codes
Return Code	Description
–1	The libgit2 library is unavailable and no Git operations can be used.

Example: Return the Number of Commit Objects in a Local Repository

data _null_;
 n = GITFN_COMMIT_LOG("your-directory");      /**/
 put n=;                                      /**/
run;

data _null_;
 n = GITFN_COMMIT_LOG("your-directory");      /*1*/
 put n=;                                      /*2*/
run;

Assign the GITFN_COMMIT_LOG function to a variable. Specify the directory of your local repository.
Use the PUT statement to display the return code to the SAS log.

The following log shows that there is 1 commit object in the repository, so the variable n returns 1.

n= 1