1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/index.go b/index.go
index 9f37f33..1a899f1 100644
--- a/index.go
+++ b/index.go
@@ -96,6 +96,30 @@ func NewIndex() (*Index, error) {
 	return &Index{ptr: ptr}, nil
 }
 
+// OpenIndex creates a new index at the given path. If the file does
+// not exist it will be created when Write() is called.
+func OpenIndex(path string) (*Index, error) {
+	var ptr *C.git_index
+
+	var cpath = C.CString(path)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpath))
+
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+
+	if err := C.git_index_open(&ptr, cpath); err < 0 {
+		return nil, MakeGitError(err)
+	}
+
+	return &Index{ptr: ptr}, nil
+}
+
+// Path returns the index' path on disk or an empty string if it
+// exists only in memory.
+func (v *Index) Path() string {
+	return C.GoString(C.git_index_path(v.ptr))
+}
+
 // Add adds or replaces the given entry to the index, making a copy of
 // the data
 func (v *Index) Add(entry *IndexEntry) error {
@@ -240,6 +264,20 @@ func (v *Index) WriteTreeTo(repo *Repository) (*Oid, error) {
 	return oid, nil
 }
 
+// ReadTree replaces the contents of the index with those of the given
+// tree
+func (v *Index) ReadTree(tree *Tree) error {
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+
+	ret := C.git_index_read_tree(v.ptr, tree.cast_ptr);
+	if ret < 0 {
+		return MakeGitError(ret)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (v *Index) WriteTree() (*Oid, error) {
 	oid := new(Oid)