Added a read-only property Repo.is_dirty which reflects the status of the

working directory.

A working directory is dirty if it has any uncommitted changes (in the working
directory or in the index). Bare repositories are by nature always clean.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/git/repo.py b/lib/git/repo.py
index 0e52fab7..ef440cd1 100644
--- a/lib/git/repo.py
+++ b/lib/git/repo.py
@@ -441,5 +441,21 @@ class Repo(object):
 
     alternates = property(_get_alternates, _set_alternates)
 
+    @property
+    def is_dirty(self):
+        """Returns the status of the working directory.
+        
+        Returns
+            ``True``, if the working directory has any uncommitted changes,
+            otherwise ``False``
+        
+        """
+        if self.bare:
+            # Bare repositories with no associated working directory are
+            # always consired to be clean.
+            return False
+        
+        return len(self.git.diff('HEAD').strip()) > 0
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<GitPython.Repo "%s">' % self.path