Git + Python
Automate Git from Python — diffs, hooks, release tags, and repo housekeeping.
Fetch Pull Rebase Workflow Script in Python
A Python script that automates the git fetch, checkout, and pull with rebase workflow using subprocess.
import subprocess
import sys
def run_git_command(args: list[str]) -> str:
"""Run a git command and return its stdout, or raise on failure."""
result = subprocess.run(
["git", *args],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
check=False,
)
if result.returncode != 0:
prin…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…Browse by section
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