Git + Python
Automate Git from Python — diffs, hooks, release tags, and repo housekeeping.
Generate Release Notes Markdown from PR Titles in Python
Generate structured Markdown release notes from a list of pull request titles using conventional commit types.
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
PRS = [
{"title": "feat: add user login", "number": 12, "merged_at": "2025-01-10"},
{"title": "fix: resolve payment timeout", "number": 13, "merged_at": "2025-01-11"},
{"title": "chore: bump dependencies", "number": 14, "merged_at": "2025-01-12"},
{"…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.
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…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.
#!/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…Browse by section
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