C# - Find git repository programmatically - source code requested

Tom Knowlton
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In a C# windows form application, if I want to scan my entire hard drive and locate all of the git repositories that were created using "git clone [path_to_repository]".  Of course I know where they all are already - I want to find the same repos programmatically. -- how would this best be done?

When a "git clone ..." command is run, are there always certain files created?  Tell-tale ways to know a folder is a repo?

Is the presence of a hidden ".git" folder enough to pretty much a "guarantee" that I am inside a repository?

Please provide working C# source code.
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Commented:
I suggest looking at github

https://github.com/manojlds/cmd

The API/SDK may have the source code you need :)
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An interesting share, but I still want to accomplish the above FIRST - then perhaps use the library to run git commands SECOND.
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Well, no other takers, so you get the points, my friend.

My final solution was to not try and find the .git folders.  It took such a long time to search the entire drive that it was not worth attempting a brute force approach.  So I just have the user provide the git directory herself.

I will still consider your advice and will pursue it more if I think I need to.

Tom

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