pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python

pygit2 is a set of Python 2.5+ bindings to the libgit2 linkable C Git library.

INSTALLING AND RUNNING

First you need to install the latest version of libgit2. You can find platform-specific instructions to build the library in the libgit2 website:

http://libgit2.github.com

Next, make sure you have the required library dependencies for pygit2: OpenSSL and ZLib. For instance, in Debian-based systems run:

$ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev

Also, make sure you have Python 2.5+ installed together with the Python development headers.

When those are installed, you can install pygit2:

$ git clone git://github.com/libgit2/pygit2.git
$ cd pygit2
$ python setup.py install
$ python setup.py test

USING

Initialize a Git repository:

>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> bare = False
>>> repo = init_repository('test', bare)

Open a repository:

>>> from pygit2 import Repository
>>> repo = Repository('test/.git')

Index read:

>>> index = repo.index
>>> index.read()
>>> sha = index['path/to/file'].sha    # from path to sha
>>> blob = repo[sha]                   # from sha to blob

Iterate over all entries of the index:

>>> for i in range(0, len(index)):
...     entry = index[i]
...     print entry.path, entry.sha

Index write:

>>> index.add('path/to/file')          # git add
>>> del index['path/to/file']          # git rm
>>> index.write()                      # don't forget to save the changes

Revision walking:

>>> from pygit2 import GIT_SORT_TIME
>>> for commit in repo.walk(sha, GIT_SORT_TIME):
...     print commit.sha

CONTRIBUTING

Fork libgit2/pygit2 on GitHub, make it awesomer (preferably in a branch named for the topic), send a pull request.

AUTHORS

• David Borowitz dborowitz@google.com
• J. David Ibáñez jdavid@itaapy.com

LICENSE

GPLv2 with linking exception. See COPYING for more details.