How to get the user.email config using gitpython ?

Question

I have a repo initialized as

r = git.Repo.init(dirPath)

How can I get the user.email field for the git config for that repo using gitpython?

Hakan Baba · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-08 17:56:50Z

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After looking into the source of gitpython this is one way I managed to do it.

r = git.Repo.init(dirPath)
reader = r.config_reader()
field = reader.get_value("user","email")

answered Mar 5, 2017 at 19:39

Hakan Baba

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In case the user.email config does not exist, the get_value function may throw and exception or return a default value. The user can affect that behavior by passing a default parameter named "default" to the get_value function.
– Hakan Baba
Commented Mar 5, 2017 at 19:40
How to do this without Repo object? Like getting global settings.
– 0andriy
Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 15:26
That's not yet possible, see github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues/775
– Michael H.
Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 13:41
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Quick update: To access global settings directly, you can now use git.config.GitConfigParser().get_value(...) (see github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/950)
– Ernesto Elsäßer
Commented Mar 14, 2023 at 21:26

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