GitPython with remotes

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I'm trying to solve an easy task with git in python. Actually I just want something like this

git clome remote-repo
git pull
edit file
git commit file
git push
rm -rf remote-repo

So just change a file and commit it and push it right away. But I have my problems get my head arround the documentation http://gitpython.readthedocs.org/en/stable/tutorial.html This is what I got so far

import git
import shutil
import os

repo_url = '[email protected]:users/me/mytest'
repo_dir = '/tmp/test/repo'
work_file_name = 'testFile'
work_file = os.path.join(repo_dir, work_file_name)
if os.path.isdir(repo_dir):
   shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)
repo = git.Repo.clone_from(repo_url, repo_dir)

git = repo.git
git.pull()
new_file_path = os.path.join(repo.working_tree_dir, work_file_name)
f = open(new_file_path, 'w')
f.write("just some test")
f.close()
repo.index.commit("test commit")

git.push()
shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)

It actually creates a commit and pushes it to the server, but it contains no changes, so the file I tried to write is empty. Any idea what I'm missing?

Schore · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-16 16:54:20Z

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You have to stage the file/change before the commit:

repo.index.add([new_file_path])

As a side note: The following line overrides your import and might lead to errors if you ever expand your script:

git = repo.git

answered Mar 16, 2016 at 16:54

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Andreas Hubert Over a year ago

Thanks! I already tried it with index.add before, but forgot the brackets and got an error.

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