Add a run package responsible for running git commands

- Add better git error handling
- Move repo helpers into a separate package

pkg/cfg/config.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func setMissingValues(cfg Gitconfig) {
 }
 
 func getOrDef(cfg Gitconfig, key string, def string) string {
-	if val := cfg.Get(key); val != "" {
+	if val := cfg.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", GitgetPrefix, key)); val != "" {
 		return val
 	}
 	return def

pkg/git/config.go

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 package git
 
-import "os/exec"
+import (
+	"git-get/pkg/run"
+)
 
 // ConfigGlobal represents a global gitconfig file.
 type ConfigGlobal struct{}
 
 // Get reads a value from global gitconfig file. Returns empty string when key is missing.
 func (c *ConfigGlobal) Get(key string) string {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "config", "--global", key)
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
-
+	out, err := run.Git("config", "--global").AndCaptureLine()
 	// In case of error return an empty string, the missing value will fall back to a default.
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-	return lines[0]
+	return out
 }

pkg/git/config_test.go

@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"git-get/pkg/io"
+	"git-get/pkg/run"
+	"git-get/pkg/test"
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 // cfgStub represents a gitconfig file but instead of using a global one, it creates a temporary git repo and uses its local gitconfig.
 type cfgStub struct {
-	repo *testRepo
+	repo *test.Repo
 }
 
 func newCfgStub(t *testing.T) *cfgStub {
-	r := testRepoEmpty(t)
+	r := test.RepoEmpty(t)
 	return &cfgStub{
 		repo: r,
 	}
 }
 
 func (c *cfgStub) Get(key string) string {
-	cmd := gitCmd(c.repo.path, "config", "--local", key)
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	out, err := run.Git("config", "--local", key).OnRepo(c.repo.Path()).AndCaptureLine()
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-	return lines[0]
+	return out
 }
 
 func TestGitConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func TestGitConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 func makeConfigEmpty(t *testing.T) *cfgStub {
 	c := newCfgStub(t)
-	c.repo.writeFile(".git/config", "")
+	io.Write(path.Join(c.repo.Path(), dotgit, "config"), "")
 
 	return c
 }
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ func makeConfigValid(t *testing.T) *cfgStub {
 	[gitget]
 		host = github.com
 	`
-	c.repo.writeFile(".git/config", gitconfig)
+	io.Write(path.Join(c.repo.Path(), dotgit, "config"), gitconfig)
 
 	return c
 }

pkg/git/repo.go

@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@ package git
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"git-get/pkg/io"
+	"git-get/pkg/run"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -21,7 +17,19 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Repo represents a git repository on disk.
-type Repo struct {
+type Repo interface {
+	Path() string
+	Branches() ([]string, error)
+	CurrentBranch() (string, error)
+	Fetch() error
+	Remote() (string, error)
+	Uncommitted() (int, error)
+	Untracked() (int, error)
+	Upstream(string) (string, error)
+	AheadBehind(string, string) (int, int, error)
+}
+
+type repo struct {
 	path string
 }
 
@@ -35,44 +43,38 @@ type CloneOpts struct {
 }
 
 // Open checks if given path can be accessed and returns a Repo instance pointing to it.
-func Open(path string) (*Repo, error) {
+func Open(path string) (Repo, error) {
 	_, err := io.Exists(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &Repo{
+	return &repo{
 		path: path,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // Clone clones repository specified with CloneOpts.
-func Clone(opts *CloneOpts) (*Repo, error) {
+func Clone(opts *CloneOpts) (Repo, error) {
 	// TODO: not sure if this check should be here
 	if opts.IgnoreExisting {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	args := []string{"clone"}
-
+	runGit := run.Git("clone", opts.URL.String(), opts.Path)
 	if opts.Branch != "" {
-		args = append(args, "--branch", opts.Branch, "--single-branch")
+		runGit = run.Git("clone", "--branch", opts.Branch, "--single-branch", opts.URL.String(), opts.Path)
 	}
 
+	var err error
 	if opts.Quiet {
-		args = append(args, "--quiet")
+		err = runGit.AndShutUp()
+	} else {
+		err = runGit.AndShow()
 	}
 
-	args = append(args, opts.URL.String())
-	args = append(args, opts.Path)
-
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-
-	err := cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "git clone failed")
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	repo, err := Open(opts.Path)
@@ -80,24 +82,21 @@ func Clone(opts *CloneOpts) (*Repo, error) {
 }
 
 // Fetch preforms a git fetch on all remotes
-func (r *Repo) Fetch() error {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "fetch", "--all", "--quiet")
-	return cmd.Run()
+func (r *repo) Fetch() error {
+	err := run.Git("fetch", "--all").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Uncommitted returns the number of uncommitted files in the repository.
 // Only tracked files are not counted.
-func (r *Repo) Uncommitted() (int, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "status", "--ignore-submodules", "--porcelain")
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) Uncommitted() (int, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("status", "--ignore-submodules", "--porcelain").OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLines()
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
 	count := 0
-	for _, line := range lines {
+	for _, line := range out {
 		// Don't count lines with untracked files and empty lines.
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, untracked) && strings.TrimSpace(line) != "" {
 			count++
@@ -108,17 +107,14 @@ func (r *Repo) Uncommitted() (int, error) {
 }
 
 // Untracked returns the number of untracked files in the repository.
-func (r *Repo) Untracked() (int, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "status", "--ignore-submodules", "--untracked-files=all", "--porcelain")
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) Untracked() (int, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("status", "--ignore-submodules", "--untracked-files=all", "--porcelain").OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLines()
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
 	count := 0
-	for _, line := range lines {
+	for _, line := range out {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(line, untracked) {
 			count++
 		}
@@ -129,69 +125,54 @@ func (r *Repo) Untracked() (int, error) {
 
 // CurrentBranch returns the short name currently checked-out branch for the repository.
 // If repo is in a detached head state, it will return "HEAD".
-func (r *Repo) CurrentBranch() (string, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "rev-parse", "--symbolic-full-name", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD")
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) CurrentBranch() (string, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("rev-parse", "--symbolic-full-name", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD").OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLine()
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-	return lines[0], nil
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 // Branches returns a list of local branches in the repository.
-func (r *Repo) Branches() ([]string, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "branch", "--format=%(refname:short)")
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) Branches() ([]string, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("branch", "--format=%(refname:short)").OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLines()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-
 	// TODO: Is detached head shown always on the first line? Maybe we don't need to iterate over everything.
 	// Remove the line containing detached head.
-	for i, line := range lines {
+	for i, line := range out {
 		if strings.Contains(line, "HEAD detached") {
-			lines = append(lines[:i], lines[i+1:]...)
+			out = append(out[:i], out[i+1:]...)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return lines, nil
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 // Upstream returns the name of an upstream branch if a given branch is tracking one.
 // Otherwise it returns an empty string.
-func (r *Repo) Upstream(branch string) (string, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "--symbolic-full-name", fmt.Sprintf("%s@{upstream}", branch))
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) Upstream(branch string) (string, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "--symbolic-full-name", fmt.Sprintf("%s@{upstream}", branch)).OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLine()
 	if err != nil {
-
 		// TODO: no upstream will also throw an error.
-		return "", nil //cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-	return lines[0], nil
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 // AheadBehind returns the number of commits a given branch is ahead and/or behind the upstream.
-func (r *Repo) AheadBehind(branch string, upstream string) (int, int, error) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "rev-list", "--left-right", "--count", fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", branch, upstream))
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+func (r *repo) AheadBehind(branch string, upstream string) (int, int, error) {
+	out, err := run.Git("rev-list", "--left-right", "--count", fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", branch, upstream)).OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLine()
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return 0, 0, err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-
 	// rev-list --left-right --count output is separated by a tab
-	lr := strings.Split(lines[0], "\t")
+	lr := strings.Split(out, "\t")
 
 	ahead, err := strconv.Atoi(lr[0])
 	if err != nil {
@@ -207,39 +188,18 @@ func (r *Repo) AheadBehind(branch string, upstream string) (int, int, error) {
 }
 
 // Remote returns URL of remote repository.
-func (r *Repo) Remote() (string, error) {
+func (r *repo) Remote() (string, error) {
 	// https://stackoverflow.com/a/16880000/1085632
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "ls-remote", "--get-url")
-
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	out, err := run.Git("ls-remote", "--get-url").OnRepo(r.path).AndCaptureLine()
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", cmdError(cmd, err)
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	lines := lines(out)
-
 	// TODO: needs testing. What happens when there are more than 1 remotes?
-	return lines[0], nil
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 // Path returns path to the repository.
-func (r *Repo) Path() string {
+func (r *repo) Path() string {
 	return r.path
 }
-
-func gitCmd(repoPath string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
-	args = append([]string{"--work-tree", repoPath, "--git-dir", path.Join(repoPath, dotgit)}, args...)
-	return exec.Command("git", args...)
-}
-
-func lines(output []byte) []string {
-	lines := strings.TrimSuffix(string(output), "\n")
-	return strings.Split(lines, "\n")
-}
-
-func cmdError(cmd *exec.Cmd, err error) error {
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "%s failed: %+v", strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "), err) // Show which git command failed (skip "--work-tree and --gitdir flags")
-	}
-	return nil
-}

pkg/git/repo_helpers_test.go

@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-package git
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"git-get/pkg/io"
-	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// testRepo embeds testing.T into a Repo instance to simplify creation of test repos.
-// Any error thrown while creating a test repo will cause a t.Fatal call.
-type testRepo struct {
-	*Repo
-	*testing.T
-}
-
-// TODO: this should be a method of a tempDir, not a repo
-// Automatically remove test repo when the test is over
-func (r *testRepo) cleanup() {
-	err := os.RemoveAll(r.path)
-	if err != nil {
-		r.T.Errorf("failed removing test repo directory %s", r.path)
-	}
-}
-
-func testRepoEmpty(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	dir, err := io.TempDir()
-	checkFatal(t, err)
-
-	r, err := Open(dir)
-	checkFatal(t, err)
-
-	tr := &testRepo{
-		Repo: r,
-		T:    t,
-	}
-
-	t.Cleanup(tr.cleanup)
-
-	tr.init()
-	return tr
-}
-
-func testRepoWithUntracked(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoEmpty(t)
-	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithStaged(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoEmpty(t)
-	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
-	r.stageFile("README.md")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithCommit(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoEmpty(t)
-	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
-	r.stageFile("README.md")
-	r.commit("Initial commit")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoEmpty(t)
-	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
-	r.stageFile("README.md")
-	r.commit("Initial commit")
-	r.writeFile("README.md", "These changes won't be committed")
-	r.writeFile("untracked.txt", "I'm untracked")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithBranch(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	r.branch("feature/branch")
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithTag(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	r := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	r.tag("v0.0.1")
-	r.checkout("v0.0.1")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithBranchWithUpstream(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	origin := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	origin.branch("feature/branch")
-
-	r := origin.clone()
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithBranchWithoutUpstream(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	origin := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-
-	r := origin.clone()
-	r.branch("feature/branch")
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithBranchAhead(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	origin := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	origin.branch("feature/branch")
-
-	r := origin.clone()
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	r.writeFile("local.new", "local.new")
-	r.stageFile("local.new")
-	r.commit("local.new")
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func testRepoWithBranchBehind(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	origin := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	origin.branch("feature/branch")
-	origin.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	r := origin.clone()
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	origin.writeFile("origin.new", "origin.new")
-	origin.stageFile("origin.new")
-	origin.commit("origin.new")
-
-	err := r.Fetch()
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-
-	return r
-}
-
-// returns a repo with 2 commits ahead and 1 behind
-func testRepoWithBranchAheadAndBehind(t *testing.T) *testRepo {
-	origin := testRepoWithCommit(t)
-	origin.branch("feature/branch")
-	origin.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	r := origin.clone()
-	r.checkout("feature/branch")
-
-	origin.writeFile("origin.new", "origin.new")
-	origin.stageFile("origin.new")
-	origin.commit("origin.new")
-
-	r.writeFile("local.new", "local.new")
-	r.stageFile("local.new")
-	r.commit("local.new")
-
-	r.writeFile("local.new2", "local.new2")
-	r.stageFile("local.new2")
-	r.commit("local.new2")
-
-	err := r.Fetch()
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-
-	return r
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) writeFile(filename string, content string) {
-	path := path.Join(r.path, filename)
-	err := io.Write(path, content)
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) init() {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "init", "--quiet", r.path)
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) stageFile(path string) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "add", path)
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) commit(msg string) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "commit", "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%q", msg), "--author=\"user <user@example.com>\"")
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) branch(name string) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "branch", name)
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) tag(name string) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "tag", "-a", name, "-m", name)
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) checkout(name string) {
-	cmd := gitCmd(r.path, "checkout", name)
-	runGitCmd(r.T, cmd)
-}
-
-func (r *testRepo) clone() *testRepo {
-	dir, err := io.TempDir()
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-
-	url, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("file://%s/.git", r.path))
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-
-	opts := &CloneOpts{
-		URL:   url,
-		Quiet: true,
-		Path:  dir,
-	}
-
-	repo, err := Clone(opts)
-	checkFatal(r.T, err)
-
-	tr := &testRepo{
-		Repo: repo,
-		T:    r.T,
-	}
-
-	tr.T.Cleanup(tr.cleanup)
-	return tr
-}
-
-func runGitCmd(t *testing.T, cmd *exec.Cmd) {
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	checkFatal(t, cmdError(cmd, err))
-}
-
-func checkFatal(t *testing.T, err error) {
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%+v", err)
-	}
-}

pkg/git/repo_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"git-get/pkg/io"
+	"git-get/pkg/test"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -17,39 +18,39 @@ func TestOpen(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUncommitted(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		want      int
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "empty",
-			repoMaker: testRepoEmpty,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoEmpty,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "single untracked",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithUntracked,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithUntracked,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "single tracked ",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithStaged,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithStaged,
 			want:      1,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "committed",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithCommit,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithCommit,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "untracked and uncommitted",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked,
 			want:      1,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			got, err := r.Uncommitted()
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -65,39 +66,39 @@ func TestUncommitted(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUntracked(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		want      int
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "empty",
-			repoMaker: testRepoEmpty,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoEmpty,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "single untracked",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithUntracked,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithUntracked,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "single tracked ",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithStaged,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithStaged,
 			want:      1,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "committed",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithCommit,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithCommit,
 			want:      0,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "untracked and uncommitted",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked,
 			want:      1,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			got, err := r.Uncommitted()
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func TestUntracked(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCurrentBranch(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		want      string
 	}{
 		// TODO: maybe add wantErr to check if error is returned correctly?
@@ -125,24 +126,24 @@ func TestCurrentBranch(t *testing.T) {
 		// },
 		{
 			name:      "only master branch",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithCommit,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithCommit,
 			want:      master,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "checked out new branch",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranch,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranch,
 			want:      "feature/branch",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "checked out new tag",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithTag,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithTag,
 			want:      head,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			got, err := r.CurrentBranch()
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -158,34 +159,34 @@ func TestCurrentBranch(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBranches(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		want      []string
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "empty",
-			repoMaker: testRepoEmpty,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoEmpty,
 			want:      []string{""},
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "only master branch",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithCommit,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithCommit,
 			want:      []string{"master"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "new branch",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranch,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranch,
 			want:      []string{"feature/branch", "master"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "checked out new tag",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithTag,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithTag,
 			want:      []string{"master"},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			got, err := r.Branches()
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -201,38 +202,38 @@ func TestBranches(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUpstream(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		branch    string
 		want      string
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "empty",
-			repoMaker: testRepoEmpty,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoEmpty,
 			branch:    "master",
 			want:      "",
 		},
 		// TODO: add wantErr
 		{
 			name:      "wrong branch name",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithCommit,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithCommit,
 			branch:    "wrong_branch_name",
 			want:      "",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "master with upstream",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
 			branch:    "master",
 			want:      "origin/master",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "branch with upstream",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
 			branch:    "feature/branch",
 			want:      "origin/feature/branch",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "branch without upstream",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchWithoutUpstream,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchWithoutUpstream,
 			branch:    "feature/branch",
 			want:      "",
 		},
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ func TestUpstream(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			got, _ := r.Upstream(test.branch)
 
 			// TODO:
@@ -257,32 +258,32 @@ func TestUpstream(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAheadBehind(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *testRepo
+		repoMaker func(*testing.T) *test.Repo
 		branch    string
 		want      []int
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "fresh clone",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchWithUpstream,
 			branch:    "master",
 			want:      []int{0, 0},
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "branch ahead",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchAhead,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchAhead,
 			branch:    "feature/branch",
 			want:      []int{1, 0},
 		},
 
 		{
 			name:      "branch behind",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchBehind,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchBehind,
 			branch:    "feature/branch",
 			want:      []int{0, 1},
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "branch ahead and behind",
-			repoMaker: testRepoWithBranchAheadAndBehind,
+			repoMaker: test.RepoWithBranchAheadAndBehind,
 			branch:    "feature/branch",
 			want:      []int{2, 1},
 		},
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ func TestAheadBehind(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := test.repoMaker(t)
+			r, _ := Open(test.repoMaker(t).Path())
 			upstream, err := r.Upstream(test.branch)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("got error %q", err)

pkg/load.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func Load(path string) *Loaded {
 	return loaded
 }
 
-func loadBranches(r *git.Repo) (map[string]string, []error) {
+func loadBranches(r git.Repo) (map[string]string, []error) {
 	statuses := make(map[string]string)
 	errors := make([]error, 0)
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func loadBranches(r *git.Repo) (map[string]string, []error) {
 	return statuses, errors
 }
 
-func loadBranchStatus(r *git.Repo, branch string) (string, error) {
+func loadBranchStatus(r git.Repo, branch string) (string, error) {
 	upstream, err := r.Upstream(branch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func loadBranchStatus(r *git.Repo, branch string) (string, error) {
 	return strings.Join(res, " "), nil
 }
 
-func loadWorkTree(r *git.Repo) (string, error) {
+func loadWorkTree(r git.Repo) (string, error) {
 	uncommitted, err := r.Uncommitted()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err

pkg/run/run.go

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Package run provides methods for running git command and capturing their output and errors
+package run
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	pathpkg "path"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Cmd represents a git command.
+// The command is executed by chaining functions: Git() + optional OnRepo() + output specifier.
+// This way the function chain reads more naturally.
+//
+// Examples of different compositions:
+//
+// - run.Git("clone", <URL>).AndShow()
+//   means running "git clone <URL>" and printing the progress into stdout
+//
+// - run.Git("branch","-a").OnRepo(<REPO>).AndCaptureLines()
+//   means running "git branch -a" inside <REPO> and returning a slice of branch names
+//
+// - run.Git("pull").OnRepo(<REPO>).AndShutUp()
+//   means running "git pull" inside <REPO> and not printing any output
+type Cmd struct {
+	cmd *exec.Cmd
+}
+
+// Git creates a git command with given arguments.
+func Git(args ...string) *Cmd {
+	return &Cmd{
+		cmd: exec.Command("git", args...),
+	}
+}
+
+// OnRepo makes the command run inside a given repository path. Otherwise the command is run outside of any repository.
+// Commands like "git clone" or "git config --global" don't have to (or shouldn't in some cases) be run inside a repo.
+func (c *Cmd) OnRepo(path string) *Cmd {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(path) == "" {
+		return c
+	}
+
+	insert := []string{"--work-tree", path, "--git-dir", pathpkg.Join(path, ".git")}
+	// Insert into the args slice after the 1st element (https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/SliceTricks#insert)
+	c.cmd.Args = append(c.cmd.Args[:1], append(insert, c.cmd.Args[1:]...)...)
+
+	return c
+}
+
+// AndCaptureLines executes the command and returns its output as a slice of lines.
+func (c *Cmd) AndCaptureLines() ([]string, error) {
+	errStream := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	c.cmd.Stderr = errStream
+
+	out, err := c.cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, &GitError{errStream, c.cmd.Args, err}
+	}
+
+	lines := lines(out)
+	if len(lines) == 0 {
+		return []string{""}, nil
+	}
+
+	return lines, nil
+}
+
+// AndCaptureLine executes the command and returns the first line of its output.
+func (c *Cmd) AndCaptureLine() (string, error) {
+	lines, err := c.AndCaptureLines()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return lines[0], nil
+}
+
+// AndShow executes the command and prints its output into standard output.
+func (c *Cmd) AndShow() error {
+	c.cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+
+	errStream := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	c.cmd.Stderr = errStream
+
+	err := c.cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return &GitError{errStream, c.cmd.Args, err}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AndShutUp executes the command and doesn't return or show any output.
+func (c *Cmd) AndShutUp() error {
+	c.cmd.Stdout = nil
+
+	errStream := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	c.cmd.Stderr = errStream
+
+	err := c.cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return &GitError{errStream, c.cmd.Args, err}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GitError provides more visibility into why an git command had failed.
+type GitError struct {
+	Stderr *bytes.Buffer
+	Args   []string
+	Err    error
+}
+
+func (e GitError) Error() string {
+	msg := e.Stderr.String()
+	if msg != "" && !strings.HasSuffix(msg, "\n") {
+		msg += "\n"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%q: %s", msg, strings.Join(e.Args, " "), e.Err)
+}
+
+func lines(output []byte) []string {
+	lines := strings.TrimSuffix(string(output), "\n")
+	return strings.Split(lines, "\n")
+}

pkg/test/helpers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"git-get/pkg/io"
+	"git-get/pkg/run"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func (r *Repo) writeFile(filename string, content string) {
+	path := path.Join(r.path, filename)
+	err := io.Write(path, content)
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) init() {
+	err := run.Git("init", "--quiet", r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) stageFile(path string) {
+	err := run.Git("add", path).OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) commit(msg string) {
+	err := run.Git("commit", "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%q", msg), "--author=\"user <user@example.com>\"").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) branch(name string) {
+	err := run.Git("branch", name).OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) tag(name string) {
+	err := run.Git("tag", "-a", name, "-m", name).OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) checkout(name string) {
+	err := run.Git("checkout", name).OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) clone() *Repo {
+	dir, err := io.TempDir()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("file://%s/.git", r.path)
+	err = run.Git("clone", url, dir).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+
+	clone := &Repo{
+		path: dir,
+		t:    r.t,
+	}
+
+	clone.t.Cleanup(r.cleanup)
+	return clone
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) fetch() {
+	err := run.Git("fetch", "--all").OnRepo(r.path).AndShutUp()
+	checkFatal(r.t, err)
+}
+
+func checkFatal(t *testing.T, err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed making test repo: %+v", err)
+	}
+}

pkg/test/testrepos.go

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"git-get/pkg/io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Repo represents a test repository.
+// It embeds testing.T so that any error thrown while creating a test repo will cause a t.Fatal call.
+type Repo struct {
+	path string
+	t    *testing.T
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) Path() string {
+	return r.path
+}
+
+// TODO: this should be a method of a tempDir, not a repo
+// Automatically remove test repo when the test is over
+func (r *Repo) cleanup() {
+	err := os.RemoveAll(r.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.t.Errorf("failed removing test repo directory %s", r.path)
+	}
+}
+
+func RepoEmpty(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	dir, err := io.TempDir()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	r := &Repo{
+		path: dir,
+		t:    t,
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(r.cleanup)
+
+	r.init()
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithUntracked(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoEmpty(t)
+	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithStaged(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoEmpty(t)
+	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
+	r.stageFile("README.md")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithCommit(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoEmpty(t)
+	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
+	r.stageFile("README.md")
+	r.commit("Initial commit")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithUncommittedAndUntracked(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoEmpty(t)
+	r.writeFile("README.md", "I'm a readme file")
+	r.stageFile("README.md")
+	r.commit("Initial commit")
+	r.writeFile("README.md", "These changes won't be committed")
+	r.writeFile("untracked.txt", "I'm untracked")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithBranch(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	r.branch("feature/branch")
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithTag(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	r := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	r.tag("v0.0.1")
+	r.checkout("v0.0.1")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithBranchWithUpstream(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	origin := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	origin.branch("feature/branch")
+
+	r := origin.clone()
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithBranchWithoutUpstream(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	origin := RepoWithCommit(t)
+
+	r := origin.clone()
+	r.branch("feature/branch")
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithBranchAhead(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	origin := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	origin.branch("feature/branch")
+
+	r := origin.clone()
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	r.writeFile("local.new", "local.new")
+	r.stageFile("local.new")
+	r.commit("local.new")
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func RepoWithBranchBehind(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	origin := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	origin.branch("feature/branch")
+	origin.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	r := origin.clone()
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	origin.writeFile("origin.new", "origin.new")
+	origin.stageFile("origin.new")
+	origin.commit("origin.new")
+
+	r.fetch()
+
+	return r
+}
+
+// returns a repo with 2 commits ahead and 1 behind
+func RepoWithBranchAheadAndBehind(t *testing.T) *Repo {
+	origin := RepoWithCommit(t)
+	origin.branch("feature/branch")
+	origin.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	r := origin.clone()
+	r.checkout("feature/branch")
+
+	origin.writeFile("origin.new", "origin.new")
+	origin.stageFile("origin.new")
+	origin.commit("origin.new")
+
+	r.writeFile("local.new", "local.new")
+	r.stageFile("local.new")
+	r.commit("local.new")
+
+	r.writeFile("local.new2", "local.new2")
+	r.stageFile("local.new2")
+	r.commit("local.new2")
+
+	r.fetch()
+
+	return r
+}