Ggit.Repository.open
Description: Reference for Ggit.Repository.open

### Function

# Ggit Repositoryopen

#### Declaration [src]

    GgitRepository*
    ggit_repository_open (
      GFile* location,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description [src]

Open a git repository.

The `path` must point to an existing git repository folder, e.g.

    /path/to/my_repo/.git/  (normal repository)
                        objects/
                        index
                        HEAD

    /path/to/bare_repo/     (bare repository)
                    objects/
                    index
                    HEAD

The method will automatically detect if `path` is a normal or bare repository or fail if it is neither.

#### Parameters

`location` | `GFile`
| The location of the repository.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`error` | `GError **`
| The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

#### Return value

Returns: | `GgitRepository`
| A newly created `GgitRepository`.
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.