python-git-wrapper 0.9.0.post1

Simple git wrapper for python

Git Wrapper

The Simple Python Git Wrapper

This library is a simple git wrapper which let you perform many operations on any git repository in a powerful and simple way.

Requirements

This library has been tested python >= 3.7, 3.8 and you need to have installed Git > 2.22.0

Getting Started

The library is pretty simple, you only need to indicate where your repository is or create a new one.

from gyt import Repository

repository = Repository('.') # Path of your git repository. It could be relative to your project or absolute

Or if the repository doesn't exist yet

repository = Repository('.', create=True)

Adding files:

repository.add_files('path to any file')

Committing changes:

repository.commit('commit message')

Finally, pushing them:

repository.push()

Components

The library is divided in 3 main components.

• Git Service: Object which contains all the data to communicate with the git process properly.

  • NOTE: If you don't have configured the path of the git binary in your path. Execute the next command: GitService.singleton('git path'')

• Repository: It will be your entry point, which you will interact to provide an retrieve all the information. It is a reference to the repository you want to work on.

• Git Elements:

  • Commit: Containing all the relevant information about any commit

  • Branch: Contains the name of the branch

  • Status: Object which structure all the changes in your working directory

API Overview

Small overview about the capabilities of this library. All this methods and attributes are accesible by the repository object.

Method	Description	Return
build	Create or init a new git repository	Repository
commit	Commit the staged changes	Status
status	Retrieve the Status of the Working Directory	Status
push	Push Changes to remote repository	Status
pull	Pull changes to remote repository	Status
checkout	Change HEAD reference	Status
create_branch	Create a new branch, go there if necessary	Branch
merge_branches	Merge two branches. Support different merge modes	Branch
add_remote	Add a new remote repository	Status
remove_remote	Remove a remote repository	Status
execute	execute any git command in the repository	str
revert_last_commit	Generate a new commit reverting the previous one	Commit
change_last_commit_message	Rewrite the previous commit message	Commit
get_commit_by_position	Retrieve Commit by position in the current branch	Commit
get_branches_by_commit	Retrieve all the branches which contain one specific commit	Commit

Property	Description	Return
branches	List of your local branches	List[Branch]
current_branch	The branch where it is currently the repository	Branch
remote	List of your remote repository names	List[str]
last_commit	The last commit in your repository	Commit

Detailed API Specification Here.