What Git library to choose? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 5 months ago by wasabi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/python@programming.dev

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I happen to write a lot of python code dealing with git repositories. Currently I am calling the git command line tool from python and interpret the output.

This solution really doesn't scale well. Can you recommend a python library that wraps git functionality?

I have found three:

GitPython: Seems to work well, but it is in maintenance mode, unlikely to be improved. It also does not have any type hints making working with it annoying.
pygit2: Seems well supported and has type hints. But it also seems very low level and pretty tedious to use.
dulwich: Looks very promising feature wise but I'm unsure how well it is supported. It seems like an ambitious project being largely done by just one person.

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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

Honestly if you already know all the git commands? I’d use sh

[-] wasabi@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

You'd still only get strings as returns. No objects modeling git concepts.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fair point, I usually use exit codes

[-] mundane@feddit.nu 1 points 5 months ago

We have historically used GitPython a lot, but in a recent project I tried git via sh instead. It works great. If you already know the git cli, this feels very ergonomic to use.