Trouble opening repository with NodeGit

Question

I'm trying to use nodegit to open up a git repository with the following code:

var git = require('nodegit');

git.Repo(repoPath, function(error, repository) {
  if (error) throw error;
}

This gives me the following error, no matter what I assign the repoPath variable:

git.Repo(repoPath, function(error, repository) {
    ^
Error: git_repository is required.

I have tried path to local folder, I have tried path to local folder, including the .git folder, I have tried a remote repo using url. No nothing.

Can anyone help out?

I'm using
node v0.10.24
nodegit v0.1.4.
git 1.9.0.msysgit.0
win 8.1 pro 64bit

Answer 1

You need to use the open method to open the repository.

git = require('nodegit')
git.Repo.open('some-path', function(err, repo) {
  console.log(repo.path())
}

Using a remote path won't work as git works locally. If you'd like to clone, there's a clone method available which will also call a function once the clone has been performed, like

git = require('nodegit')
git.Repo.clone('git://some-host/path', 'local-path', null, function(err, repo) {
  console.log(repo.path())
}