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

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How to Archive a Repository as a ZIP in Python

Create a ZIP archive of a repository directory with a mock export, skipping hidden files and __pycache__ folders.

zipfile os.walk archiving
Python
import zipfile
import io
import os
from pathlib import Path


def archive_repo_mock(repo_path, output_path="repo_archive.zip"):
    """Create a zip archive of a repository directory (mock export)."""
    repo = Path(repo_path)
    if not repo.exists():
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Repository not found: {repo}")

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How to Generate Release Notes from Git Commit Messages in Python

This script fetches recent Git commit messages using conventional commit prefixes (feat, fix, etc.), categorizes them, and prints formatted release notes with today's date.

git release-notes automation
Python
import subprocess
import re
from datetime import datetime

def get_git_log(since_tag="HEAD~10", format_str="%s"):
    """Retrieve commit messages from git log."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(
            ["git", "log", f"--since={since_tag}", f"--format={format_str}"],
            capture_output=True,
   …
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How to generate and parse an interactive rebase TODO list in Python

Generate a Git interactive rebase TODO list from commit data and parse it back into structured records.

git rebase automation
Python
import re
from collections import namedtuple

Commit = namedtuple("Commit", ["hash", "subject"])

def generate_rebase_todo(commits, action="pick"):
    todo_lines = []
    for i, commit in enumerate(commits):
        if i == 0 and action == "reword":
            todo_lines.append(f"reword {commit.hash} {commit.subject…
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Git + Python medium

Python Script to Rotate a Leaked API Key

A checklist-driven Python script that scans a codebase for a leaked API key, replaces it with a new one, and prints a step-by-step rotation checklist.

security secrets file-scanning
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Checklist for rotating a leaked API key across a codebase."""

import re
from pathlib import Path


CHECKLIST = [
    "Identify all files containing the leaked key",
    "Generate a new key with sufficient entropy",
    "Update the secret storage/CI environment variables",
    "Replace the ol…
14 0 Open
Git + Python medium

Show Blame Line Author with subprocess in Python

This Python script runs git blame --line-porcelain via subprocess and counts how many lines each author owns in a file.

git subprocess blame
Python
import subprocess
from collections import Counter

def get_blame_authors(file_path):
    """Extract author names from git blame output using subprocess."""
    result = subprocess.run(
        ["git", "blame", "--line-porcelain", file_path],
        capture_output=True,
        text=True,
        check=True,
    )
   …
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