http://libgit2.github.com/ from the blurb: libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with

http://libgit2.github.com/ from the blurb: libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language which supports C bindings. and www.jgit.org The point here seems to be that (ba)sh scripts are wonderful for one-time tasks. Not so much for anything else/permanent workflows.