libgit2 how to get the the status of the current directory?

Question

How can I get the status of a single directory, rather than the whole repository?

I have looked at the following:

• git_status_list_new which

Answer 1

git_status_list_new accepts a git_status_options struct, which contains a pathspec member which controls which files will be included in the list. You can use that to limit your returned statuses to those in a single directory.