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+++ b/lib/ohcount/git_file_context.rb
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+
+module Ohcount
+
+class GitFileContext
+  attr_reader :filename, :branch, :git_dir, :file_location
+  attr_accessor :filenames
+  
+  def initialize(git_dir, filename, filenames = [], branch = "HEAD")
+    @git_dir = git_dir
+    @branch = branch
+    @filenames = filenames
+    @filename = filename
+    @file_location = @filename
+  end
+  
+  def filenames
+    if @filenames.empty?
+      @filenames = `git --git-dir=#{@git_dir} ls-tree -r --name-only --full-name #{@branch}`.split('\n')
+    end
+    @filenames
+  end
+  
+  def contents
+    @cached_contents ||= `git --git-dir=#{@git_dir} show #{@branch}:#{@filename}`
+  end
+end
+
+end