1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/base.rb b/lib/git/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb3455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/git/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+module Git
+  
+  class Base
+
+    @working_directory = nil
+    @repository = nil
+    @index = nil
+
+    # opens a Git Repository - no working directory options
+    def self.repo(git_dir)
+      self.new :repository => git_dir
+    end
+    
+    # opens a new Git Project from a working directory
+    # you can specify non-standard git_dir and index file in the options
+    def self.open(working_dir, opts={})    
+      default = {:working_directory => working_dir,
+                 :repository => File.join(working_dir, '.git'), 
+                 :index => File.join(working_dir, '.git', 'index')}
+      git_options = default.merge(opts)
+      
+      self.new(git_options)
+    end
+    
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      @working_directory = Git::Repository.new(options[:working_directory]) if options[:working_directory]
+      @repository = Git::Repository.new(options[:repository]) if options[:repository]
+      @index = Git::Index.new(options[:index]) if options[:index]
+    end
+  
+    def self.clone
+      raise NotImplementedError
+    end
+  
+    def self.init
+      raise NotImplementedError
+    end
+
+    
+    def dir
+      @working_directory
+    end
+
+    def repo
+      @repository
+    end
+    
+    def index
+      @index
+    end
+    
+    private
+    
+      def is_git_dir(dir)
+      end
+
+  end
+  
+end
+\ No newline at end of file