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

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Build a Simple Log Graph in Python

Create a basic one-dimensional bar chart from log lines by counting occurrences of leading numeric keys.

logging visualization graph
Python
import heapq


def log_graph(log_lines: list[str]) -> str:
    """Build a simple per-line, one-dimensional visual graph from log entries."""
    counts: dict[int, int] = {}
    for line in log_lines:
        tokens = line.split()
        if tokens:
            try:
                idx = int(tokens[0])
            exce…
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Detect Merge Conflict Markers in a File with Python

Scan a file line by line to detect Git merge conflict markers (<<<<<<<, =======, >>>>>>>) and report their line numbers with context.

git merge-conflict file-scanning
Python
from pathlib import Path

def detect_merge_conflicts(file_path):
    conflicts = []
    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    
    for i, line in enumerate(lines, 1):
        if line.startswith('<<<<<<<'):
            conflict_marker = 'conflict start'
            conflicts.append((i, confl…
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How to compute diff stats (insertions, deletions) in Python

Parses a git diff text and counts the number of added and removed lines to produce insertion and deletion stats.

git diff parsing
Python
import re
from collections import Counter


def parse_diff(diff_text):
    insertions = 0
    deletions = 0
    for line in diff_text.splitlines():
        if line.startswith("+") and not line.startswith("+++"):
            insertions += 1
        elif line.startswith("-") and not line.startswith("---"):
            d…
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Upload Assets to GitHub Release with Python Mock

Simulates uploading binary and text assets to a GitHub release using a mock server, returning structured metadata for each upload.

git github releases
Python
import json
import os
import tempfile
from datetime import datetime

class ReleaseUploader:
    """Simulates uploading assets to a release with a mock server."""
    
    def __init__(self, owner: str, repo: str, tag: str):
        self.owner = owner
        self.repo = repo
        self.tag = tag
        self.uploade…
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