feat: dropped go-git in favor of stdin

4 files changed, 67 insertions, 265 deletions

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 527e2e3..017fa34 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,43 +4,25 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
-	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.4.1
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230518184743-7afd39499903 // indirect
-	github.com/acomagu/bufpipe v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3 // indirect
-	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
-	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
-	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c9ec0dd..1ddcb79 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5a09113..efbc4f1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
@@ -100,38 +100,46 @@ func (prf *preReleaseVersion) incPreRelease() (semver.Version, error) {
 
 var (
 	errNoRemoteFound  = errors.New("No remotes found")
-	clonedRepo        = &git.Repository{}
-	localRepo         = &git.Repository{}
+	validArgs         = []string{"major", "minor", "patch"}
 	remoteName        string
 	preReleaseFmtArgs map[string]string = make(map[string]string)
 	preRelease        bool
 	rootCmd           = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:       "semverbump part [major|minor|patch]",
+		Use:       "semverbump part [major|minor|patch] file [-|file]",
 		Short:     "A tool for bumping semver git tags.",
-		ValidArgs: []string{"major", "minor", "patch"},
+		ValidArgs: validArgs,
 		Args:      cobra.MatchAll(cobra.ExactArgs(1), cobra.OnlyValidArgs),
 		Long:      `Inspired by the python bump2version tool.`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, argz []string) error {
 			part := argz[0]
-			preRelease := viper.GetBool("prerelease")
-			preReleaseFmtString := viper.GetString("prerelease-fmt")
-			// remoteName := viper.GetString("remote-name")
-			repoDir := viper.GetString("repo-dir")
-
-			localRepo, err := git.PlainOpen(repoDir)
-			if err != nil {
+			var err error
+			if err := checkArgPart(part); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			// finding tags and last version
-			tags, err := findTags(localRepo)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			inputScanner := scannerFromInput(cmd.InOrStdin())
+			tags := []*semver.Version{}
+			for inputScanner.Scan() {
+				verText := inputScanner.Text()
+				ver, err := semver.NewVersion(verText)
+				if err != nil {
+					// log.debug
+					fmt.Print(err)
+					continue
+				}
+				tags = append(tags, ver)
 			}
+			if len(tags) == 0 {
+				return errors.New("No semver version found")
+			}
+
+			preRelease := viper.GetBool("prerelease")
+			preReleaseFmtString := viper.GetString("prerelease-fmt")
+
+			// remoteName := viper.GetString("remote-name")
 			lastVersion := latestTag(tags)
 			if (lastVersion == &semver.Version{}) {
 				return errors.New("No tags found. Not doing anything")
 			}
-
 			versionPart := ""
 			if preRelease {
 				versionPart = part
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func latestTag(tags []*semver.Version) *semver.Version {
+	sort.Sort(semver.Collection(tags))
 	numTags := len(tags)
 	if numTags == 0 {
 		return &semver.Version{}
@@ -173,26 +182,19 @@ func latestTag(tags []*semver.Version) *semver.Version {
 	return tags[numTags-1]
 }
 
-func findTags(repo *git.Repository) ([]*semver.Version, error) {
-	repoTagsIter, err := repo.Tags()
-	if err != nil {
-		return []*semver.Version{}, err
-	}
-	repoTags := []*semver.Version{}
-	if err := repoTagsIter.ForEach(func(ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
-		rn := plumbing.ReferenceName(ref.Name())
-		version, err := semver.NewVersion(rn.Short())
-		if err != nil {
-			// not a semver
-			return nil
-		}
-		repoTags = append(repoTags, version)
-		return nil
-	}); err != nil {
-		return []*semver.Version{}, err
+func scannerFromInput(inputReader io.Reader) *bufio.Scanner {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(inputReader)
+	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines)
+	return scanner
+
+}
+func checkArgPart(arg string) error {
+	isValidPart := slices.Contains(validArgs, arg)
+	if !isValidPart {
+		return errors.New("A valid arg part is required")
+
 	}
-	sort.Sort(semver.Collection(repoTags))
-	return repoTags, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func parseFmtString(toSplit string) []string {
@@ -211,9 +213,10 @@ func init() {
 	viper.SetConfigName(".version.toml")
 	viper.SetConfigType("toml")
 	viper.AddConfigPath(".")
-	err := viper.ReadInConfig() // Find and read the config file
-	if err != nil {             // Handle errors reading the config file
-		fmt.Println(err)
+	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil { // Find and read the config file
+		if errors.Is(err, &viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError{}) { // Handle errors reading the config file
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
 	}
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index ba321b1..febbe53 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -7,124 +7,95 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs"
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/filesystem"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 var (
 	tags = []string{"0.1.1", "1.2.3", "3.1.1", "0.3.0", "4.1.1", "0.8.1", "1.1.1-PR.44.4"}
 )
 
-func newRepo(tempDir string) *git.Repository {
-	fs := osfs.New(tempDir)
-	strg := filesystem.NewStorage(fs, nil)
-	r, err := git.Init(strg, fs)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return r
-}
-
-func makeCommit(wt *git.Worktree) (plumbing.Hash, error) {
-	file, err := wt.Filesystem.Create("thisismyfile")
-	if err != nil {
-		return plumbing.Hash{}, err
-	}
-	file.Write([]byte("this is my content"))
-	wt.Add("thisismyfile")
-	hash, err := wt.Commit("this is a commit", &git.CommitOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return plumbing.Hash{}, err
-	}
-	return hash, nil
-
-}
 func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		input   string
-		prior   string
+		prior   []string
 		output  string
 		isError error
 	}{
 		{
 			name:    "patch bump",
 			input:   "patch",
-			prior:   "1.1.1",
+			prior:   []string{"1.1.1"},
 			output:  "1.1.2",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "minor bump",
 			input:   "minor",
-			prior:   "1.1.0",
+			prior:   []string{"1.1.0"},
 			output:  "1.2.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "major bump",
 			input:   "major",
-			prior:   "1.2.1",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.1"},
 			output:  "2.0.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "major bump new prerelease",
 			input:   "major --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "1.2.1",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.1"},
 			output:  "2.0.0-PR.11.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "major bump existing prerelease bump",
 			input:   "major --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "2.0.0-PR.11.0",
+			prior:   []string{"2.0.0-PR.11.0"},
 			output:  "2.0.0-PR.11.1",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "minor bump new prerelease",
 			input:   "minor --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "1.2.1",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.1"},
 			output:  "1.3.0-PR.11.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "minor bump existing prerelease bump",
 			input:   "minor --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "1.3.0-PR.11.0",
+			prior:   []string{"1.3.0-PR.11.0"},
 			output:  "1.3.0-PR.11.1",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "patch bump new prerelease",
 			input:   "patch --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "1.2.1",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.1"},
 			output:  "1.2.2-PR.11.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "patch bump existing prerelease bump",
 			input:   "patch --prerelease --key-args PR_NUM=11",
-			prior:   "1.2.2-PR.11.0",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.2-PR.11.0"},
 			output:  "1.2.2-PR.11.1",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "patch bump different fmt",
 			input:   "patch --prerelease --prerelease-fmt NOTME.$BumpInt",
-			prior:   "1.2.3",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.3"},
 			output:  "1.2.4-NOTME.0",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "patch bump existing different fmt",
 			input:   "patch --prerelease --prerelease-fmt NOTME.$BumpInt",
-			prior:   "1.2.4-NOTME.0",
+			prior:   []string{"1.2.4-NOTME.0"},
 			output:  "1.2.4-NOTME.1",
 			isError: nil,
 		},
@@ -133,23 +104,12 @@ func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			logOut := &bytes.Buffer{}
-			repoDir := t.TempDir()
-			testRepo := newRepo(repoDir)
-			viper.Set("repo-dir", repoDir)
-			wt, _ := testRepo.Worktree()
-			hash, err := makeCommit(wt)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-
-			_, err = testRepo.CreateTag(test.prior, hash, nil)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-
+			stdIn := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			stdIn.WriteString(strings.Join(test.prior, "\n"))
 			rootCmd.SetArgs(strings.Split(test.input, " "))
 			rootCmd.SetOut(logOut)
 			rootCmd.SetErr(logOut)
+			rootCmd.SetIn(stdIn)
 			result := rootCmd.Execute()
 			if result != test.isError {
 				t.Fatalf("didn't expect %s", result)
@@ -181,7 +141,7 @@ func TestLatestTags(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "returns the last item in slice",
 			inputs: semverTags,
-			output: semver.New(1, 1, 1, "PR.44.4", ""),
+			output: semver.New(4, 1, 1, "", ""),
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "returns nil if no tags are present",
@@ -199,68 +159,6 @@ func TestLatestTags(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestFindingTags(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	r := newRepo(tmpDir)
-	wt, err := r.Worktree()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	hash, err := makeCommit(wt)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	results, err := findTags(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(results) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected no tags, found %d", len(results))
-	}
-
-	// at least a single tag is found
-	_, err = r.CreateTag("0.0.1", hash, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	results1, err := findTags(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(results1) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected no tags, found %d", len(results1))
-	}
-
-	// a random tag
-	_, _ = r.CreateTag("this-is-not-me", hash, nil)
-	results2, err := findTags(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(results2) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected no tags, found %d", len(results2))
-	}
-
-	// all semver tags
-	for _, tag := range tags {
-		_, _ = r.CreateTag(tag, hash, nil)
-	}
-	results3, err := findTags(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(results3) != 8 {
-		t.Fatalf("found %d", len(results3))
-	}
-}
-
 func TestIncPreRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string