pkg/diff: respect global .gitignore (#25)

Respect patterns from ~/.gitignore, /etc/gitconfig or
core.excludesFile if present. This avoids the "current git
tree is dirty" in some circumstances.

Fixes #20

Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@isovalent.com>

Author: lmb

pkg/diff/run.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/gitignore"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/apidiff"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 
@@ -57,6 +58,23 @@ func Run(opts Options) (*Diff, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set worktree filesystem interface: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	rootFS, err := osfs.New("/")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create root filesystem interface: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	globalIgnores, err := gitignore.LoadGlobalPatterns(rootFS)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load global gitignore: %v", err)
+	}
+	wt.Excludes = append(wt.Excludes, globalIgnores...)
+
+	systemIgnores, err := gitignore.LoadSystemPatterns(rootFS)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load system gitignore: %v", err)
+	}
+	wt.Excludes = append(wt.Excludes, systemIgnores...)
+
 	if stat, err := wt.Status(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get git status: %w", err)
 	} else if !stat.IsClean() {