pygit2 is a set of Python 2.5+ bindings to the libgit2 linkable C Git library.
First you need to install the latest version of libgit2. You can find platform-specific instructions to build the library in the libgit2 website:
Next, make sure you have the required library dependencies for pygit2: OpenSSL and ZLib. For instance, in Debian-based systems run:
$ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
Also, make sure you have Python 2.5+ installed together with the Python development headers.
When those are installed, you can install pygit2:
$ git clone git://github.com/libgit2/pygit2.git
$ cd pygit2
$ python setup.py install
$ python setup.py test
Initialize a Git repository:
>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> bare = False
>>> repo = init_repository('test', bare)
Open a repository:
>>> from pygit2 import Repository
>>> repo = Repository('test/.git')
Index read:
>>> index = repo.index
>>> index.read()
>>> sha = index['path/to/file'].sha # from path to sha
>>> blob = repo[sha] # from sha to blob
Iterate over all entries of the index:
>>> for i in range(0, len(index)):
... entry = index[i]
... print entry.path, entry.sha
Index write:
>>> index.add('path/to/file') # git add
>>> del index['path/to/file'] # gig rm
>>> index.write() # don't forget to save the changes
Revision walking:
>>> from pygit2 import GIT_SORT_TIME
>>> for commit in repo.walk(sha, GIT_SORT_TIME):
... print commit.sha
Fork libgit2/pygit2 on GitHub, make it awesomer (preferably in a branch named for the topic), send a pull request.
- David Borowitz dborowitz@google.com
- J. David Ibáñez jdavid@itaapy.com
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