An example of node-gitteh for the functions createBlobFromDisk, createTree and createCommit that can be found here: https://github.com/libgit2/node-gitteh/pull/63

example.js

var gitteh = require('gitteh');

function deepClone(val) {
	if (val === null) {
		return val;
	} else if (val === undefined) {
		return val;
	} else if (val instanceof Array) {
		return val.map(deepClone);
	} else if (typeof val === 'object') {
		var r = {};
		for(var k in val) {
			if (val.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
				r[k] = deepClone(val[k]);
			}
		}
		return r;
	} else {
		return val;
	}
}

var repoPath = 'repo';

function initializeBareRepository(cb) {
	gitteh.initRepository(repoPath, true, function(err,repo) {
		if (err) { return cb(err); }
		cb(null,repo);
	});
}

// Create first commit with one file named 'README.md'.
function createFirstCommit(repo,cb) {
	// Info on createBlobFromDisk here: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/blob/git_blob_create_fromdisk
	repo.createBlobFromDisk('README.md',function(err,blob) {
		if (err) { return cb(err); }
		// The content of README.md is now stored in the git repo as a blob.
		// The argument 'blob' now contains the oid of said blob.
		console.log('Blob',arguments);

		// Info on createTree here:
		// http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/treebuilder/git_treebuilder_create
		// http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/treebuilder/git_treebuilder_insert
		// http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/treebuilder/git_treebuilder_write
		repo.createTree([{
			id: blob,
			name: 'README.md',
			filemode: 0100644 // GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB: octal filemode from http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/treebuilder/git_treebuilder_insert
		}],function(err,tree) {
			if (err) { return cb(err); }
			// A tree is now stored in git that has one file with the name 'README.md'
			// and has the content of blob.
			// The argument 'tree' now contains the oid of said tree.
			console.log('Tree',arguments);

			// Info on createCommit here: http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/#HEAD/group/commit/git_commit_create
			repo.createCommit({
				updateref: 'HEAD',
				message: 'First commit',
				committer: {
					name: 'FrozenCow',
					email: '[email protected]'
				},
				tree: tree,
				parents: []
				// author is left out.
				// update_ref is left out. (could be 'HEAD')
			},function(err,commit) {
				if (err) { return cb(err); }
				// A commit is now stored in git with the tree as its content.
				// It is the first commit, so it doesn't have any parents.
				// The author is left out, since it is the same as the committer.
				// The argument 'commit' now contains the oid of said commit (the SHA of the commit).
				console.log('Commit',arguments);
				cb(null, commit);
			});
		});
	});
}

// Create second commit, based on first commit, adding 'example.js' with a hard-coded string as its content.
function createSecondCommit(repo, commitid, cb) {
	// First retrieve the asked commit to get its treeid.
	repo.commit(commitid,function(err,commit) {
		if (err) { return cb(err); }
		
		// Next retrieve the tree of the commit.
		repo.tree(commit.treeId,function(err,tree) {
			if (err) { return cb(err); }

			// In gitteh.coffee all returning objects are made immutable.
			// That means we cannot add/remove entries to/from this tree object.
			// To circumvent this we make a full clone so that it's mutable.
			tree = deepClone(tree);

			var fileContent = new Buffer('/* My first Javascript file! */');
			repo.createBlobFromBuffer(fileContent,function(err,blobid) {
				if (err) { return cb(err); }
				console.log('Blob',arguments);
				tree.entries.push({
					id: blobid,
					name: 'example.js',
					filemode: 0100644 // GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB
				});
				repo.createTree(tree.entries,function(err,treeid) {
					console.log('Tree',arguments);
					repo.createCommit({
						updateref: 'HEAD',
						message: 'Second commit',
						committer: {
							name: 'FrozenCow',
							email:' [email protected]'
						},
						tree: treeid,
						parents: [commitid]
					},function(err,commitid) {
						if (err) { return console.error(err); }
						console.log('Commit',arguments);
						cb(null,commitid);
					});
				});
			});
		});
	});
}

// Create third commit, moving 'example.js' to 'src/example.js'
// Each directory is represented as a tree a new tree is made for 'src'.
// Then again a new tree is made to incorporate the new 'src'-tree into
// the root-tree.
function createThirdCommit(repo, commitid, cb) {
	// First retrieve the asked commit to get its treeid.
	repo.commit(commitid,function(err,commit) {
		if (err) { return cb(err); }
		
		// Next retrieve the tree of the commit.
		repo.tree(commit.treeId,function(err,tree) {
			if (err) { return cb(err); }

			var entries = deepClone(tree.entries);

			// Retrieve and remove example.js entry.
			var examplejsEntry = entries.reduce(function(prev,entry) { return entry.name === 'example.js' && entry || prev; }, null);
			entries = entries.filter(function(entry) { return entry !== examplejsEntry; });

			// Create a new tree, representing the subdirectory 'src', with example.js as its only entry.
			repo.createTree([examplejsEntry],function(err,subtreeid) {
				if (err) { return cb(err); }
				console.log('Tree',arguments);

				// Add the newly created tree to the root tree.
				entries.push({
					id: subtreeid,
					name: 'src',
					filemode: 0040000 // GIT_FILEMODE_TREE
				});
				repo.createTree(entries,function(err,treeid) {
					if (err) { return cb(err); }

					// Commit the new tree.
					repo.createCommit({
						updateref: 'HEAD',
						message: 'Third commit: moved example.js to src/example.js',
						committer: {
							name: 'FrozenCow',
							email:' [email protected]'
						},
						tree: treeid,
						parents: [commitid]
					},function(err,commitid) {
						if (err) { return console.error(err); }
						console.log('Commit',arguments);
						cb(null,commitid);
					});
				});
			});
		});
	});
}

initializeBareRepository(function(err,repo) {
	if (err) { return console.error(err); }
	createFirstCommit(repo,function(err,commitid) {
		if (err) { return console.error(err); }
		console.log('created first commit',commitid);
		createSecondCommit(repo,commitid,function(err,commitid) {
			if (err) { return console.error(err); }
			console.log('created second commit',commitid);
			createThirdCommit(repo,commitid,function(err,commitid) {
				if (err) { return console.error(err); }
				console.log('created third commit',commitid);
			});
		});
	});
});

/*
Shows all diffs of every commit:
$ (cd repo && git log -p --full-diff)

Shows the full tree (recursively) of a certain commit:
$ (cd repo && git ls-tree -r HEAD)
*/