Git + Python
Automate Git from Python — diffs, hooks, release tags, and repo housekeeping.
How to Make a Shallow Clone of an Object in Python
Demonstrates using copy.copy() to create a shallow clone of a Python object, showing how nested mutable data is shared while top-level attributes are independent.
import copy
class Config:
def __init__(self):
self.settings = {"volume": 50}
self.user = "admin"
def demonstrate_shallow_copy():
original = Config()
shallow = copy.copy(original)
# Mutating nested object is visible in both (shallow copy share it)
shallow.settings["volume"] = 90…Verify Git tag signatures with HMAC in Python
Create and verify deterministic HMAC-SHA256 signatures for git tags using the Python standard library.
import hashlib
import hmac
def sign_tag(tag: str, secret_key: str) -> str:
"""Create a deterministic HMAC signature for a tag."""
message = tag.encode("utf-8")
key = secret_key.encode("utf-8")
return hmac.new(key, message, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
def verify_signed_tag(tag: str, signature: str, …Browse by section
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