Use GitPython To Checkout A New Branch And Push To Remote

Given a repo from GitPython, how can I create a new local branch, add some files, and push it to remote using GitPython? To create a repo: from git import * curr_dir = os.path.dir

Solution 1:

I've done something like creating a txt in a remote branch from newly created branch and commit, push to remote. Here's my code

import git
import datetime
import os
from time import *
from os import path
from git import Repo

def commit_files():
    if repo != None:
        new_branch = 'your_new_branch'
        current = repo.create_head(new_branch)
        current.checkout()
        master = self.repo.heads.master
        repo.git.pull('origin', master)
        #creating file
        dtime = strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S', localtime())
        with open(self.local_repo_path + path.sep + 'lastCommit' + '.txt', 'w') as f:
            f.write(str(dtime))
        if not path.exists(self.local_repo_path):
            os.makedirs(self.local_repo_path)
        print('file created---------------------')

        if repo.index.diff(None) or repo.untracked_files:

            repo.git.add(A=True)
            repo.git.commit(m='msg')
            repo.git.push('--set-upstream', 'origin', current)
            print('git push')
        else:
            print('no changes')

Solution 2:

This was exactly my use case, with the added requirement that I needed to switch back to original branch afterwards. I did it using this:

def switch_commit_branch(branch_name, msg='Automatic commit by switch_commit_branch', force=True):
    '''
    This function 
        (1) switches to branch `branch_name` (and creates it if it doesnt aready exist)
        (2) ads and commits all changes
        (3) pushes to origin
    :param branch_name: desired branch name
    :param msg: commit message
    :param force: whether to create branch if it doesnt already exist 
    :return: 
    '''
    repo = Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
    original_branch = repo.active_branch
    branch = [b for b in repo.branches if b.name == branch_name]
    if len(branch) == 0:
        if force:
            print(f'Creating new branch {branch_name}')
            branch = repo.create_head(branch_name)  # create new branch if none exists
        else:
            print(f'Branch {branch_name} does not exist. Set `force=True` to create. Aborting')
            return None
    else:
        branch = branch[0]

    branch.checkout()
    repo.git.add('*')
    repo.git.commit(m=msg)
    repo.git.push('--set-upstream', 'origin', branch)
    original_branch.checkout()

Solution 3:

gitypython looks like it provides both low and level access to git but you can invoke git commands, see http://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html#module-git.cmd.

Alternately, consider using http://www.pygit2.org/ instead, http://www.pygit2.org/ for higher level access. Some examples here http://www.pygit2.org/recipes.html