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Automate Git from Python — diffs, hooks, release tags, and repo housekeeping.

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Bisect Good Bad Automation Script in Python

This Python script implements a binary search to find the first bad version in a list, simulating an automation script for git bisect.

bisect binary-search git
Python
import bisect

def find_first_bad(versions):
    """Given a list of version objects with .is_bad(), find first bad version."""
    lo, hi = 0, len(versions)
    while lo < hi:
        mid = (lo + hi) // 2
        if versions[mid].is_bad():
            hi = mid
        else:
            lo = mid + 1
    return lo

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Bump Semantic Version Git Tag in Python

Automatically find the latest Git tag and compute the next patch release using semantic versioning (semver) in Python.

git semver versioning
Python
from re import match
from subprocess import run

SEMVER_PATTERN = r"^v(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-(?P<prerelease>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+(?P<buildmetadata>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?$"


def get_latest_tag() -> str:
    result = run(["git", "describe…
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How to Auto-Suggest a SemVer Bump From Git Commit Messages in Python

This code scans Git commit messages (recent or sample) and suggests the next Semantic Versioning bump type — major, minor, patch, or none.

semver git automation
Python
import re
import subprocess
from pathlib import Path


def get_commit_messages(path="."):
    """Read commit messages from a repo or use sample messages."""
    if (Path(path) / ".git").exists():
        out = subprocess.run(
            ["git", "-C", path, "log", "--pretty=%s"], capture_output=True, text=True
       …
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How to Revert a Commit and Create a New Revert Commit in Python

Demonstrates a mock Git repository that creates a new revert commit on top of the current head when reverting an existing commit.

git revert mock
Python
class GitCommit:
    """Minimal mock of a git commit for demonstrating revert behavior."""
    def __init__(self, sha, message):
        self.sha = sha
        self.message = message
        self.parent = None


class GitRepository:
    """Mock repository tracking a simple commit chain."""
    def __init__(self):
    …
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