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GitPython unable to execute command in existing repository

I am trying to run a script with GitPython, but it seems to only fail when I run from inside the Jenkins automation environment. The error that it gives isn't very helpful (and I haven't been able to ...
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Add safe directory with gitpython

How do I run this git command with gitpython(v2.1.*), please ? git config --global --add safe.directory "some_dir" Couldn't find in doc. I tried this: repo = git.Repo.init(some_dir) config =...
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How to install gitpython with, Failed to initialize: Bad git executable

I am trying to install git-python on Windows. I tried to install it using the git command: pip install gitpython It installed just fine and it install in my local app data. The only problem was is ...
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Trouble pushing to Git remote using GitPython: "remote unpack failed" and "RPC failed; HTTP 500"

I'm encountering issues when trying to push changes to a Git remote repository using GitPython. I'm receiving two different errors intermittently, and I'm unsure how to resolve them. Error 1 error: ...
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How to download single file from a git repository using python

I want to download single file from my git repository using python. Currently I am using gitpython lib. Git clone is working fine with below code but I don't want to download entire directory. ...
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How to call rev_list with GitPython

This program fails import git repo = git.repo.Repo('..') res = repo.git.rev_list('--since="2024-01-01" master').split('\n') with the following error git.exc.GitCommandError: Cmd('git') ...
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How to get master/main branch from gitpython

How one can know about the master/main branch at git remote with git-python. I am aware that we can iterate over the heads of the repository and then check the results. Something like repo = git.Repo('...
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GitPython: get rename files as deleted and added

I need to get git diff files since specific commit using GitPython. As I understood I get renamed files using 'R' type . Is it possible to get the rename_from in the deleted lists and the rename_to in ...
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Mocking GitPython Repo Calls

I've got a class with a function that adds unstaged changes in a git repo and commits them def commit_local_changes(self, repo_path): repo = Repo(repo_path) changed_files = repo....
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difference in returned FetchInfo object from gitPython when there is something to fetch/pull vs when there isn't?

I'm trying to assess whether there have been changes in a remote repository that I may need to pull before a certain piece of code. I do that by fetching a FetchInfo object via fetch() to a remote ...
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pushing zipped files on github using python

i want to push a .zip file on github using python code or API, but in doing so with some resources which i found on stackoverflow, the file is being pushed but the data pushed is corrupted and cannot ...
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How to execute --track, using GitPython(as a python script). "git checkout -B <branchname> --track origin/<TeamBranch>"

I can execute "git checkout -B --track origin/TeamBranch" through terminal. but I have the requirement to implement the above command through my script using Gitpython. can someone help me ...
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how to use "--no-ff --no-commit" using GitPython while merging?

When i use commandline git merge with --no-ff --no-commit works fine. But using GitPython i am unable to dos. May be i am not finding a correct documentation or forums for the below equivalent ...
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module 'git' has no attribute 'Repo' - when running as non-root user.. works as root user

As above, I wrote a gitlab pre-receive hook that runs as a 'git' user on our gitlab server. When testing it, I get the above error. However when I SSH into the server and manually run the script as ...
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Get file commit time in GitPython

How we can get the commit time of file (blob) via Gitpython while traversing the tree? I need to get commit time of each FILE (not directory) in the full repo/tree. Something as we get via command git ...

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