GitPython is a python library used to interact with git repositories, high-level like git-porcelain, or low-level like git-plumbing.

It provides abstractions of git objects for easy access of repository data, and additionally allows you to access the git repository more directly using either a pure python implementation, or the faster, but more resource intensive git command implementation.

The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of objects and large datasets, which is achieved by using low-level structures and data streaming.

GitPython needs the git executable to be installed on the system and available in your PATH for most operations. If it is not in your PATH, you can help GitPython find it by setting the GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=<path/to/git> environment variable.

• Git (1.7.x or newer)
• Python 2.7 to 3.5, while python 2.6 is supported on a best-effort basis.

The list of dependencies are listed in ./requirements.txt and ./test-requirements.txt. The installer takes care of installing them for you.

If you have downloaded the source code:

python setup.py install

or if you want to obtain a copy from the Pypi repository:

pip install gitpython

Both commands will install the required package dependencies.

A distribution package can be obtained for manual installation at:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/GitPython

If you like to clone from source, you can do it like so:

git clone https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
git submodule update --init --recursive
./init-tests-after-clone.sh

Important: Right after cloning this repository, please be sure to have executed the init-tests-after-clone.sh script in the repository root. Otherwise you will encounter test failures.

The easiest way to run test is by using tox a wrapper around virtualenv. It will take care of setting up environnements with the proper dependencies installed and execute test commands. To install it simply:

pip install tox

Then run:

tox

For more fine-grained control, you can use nose.

Please have a look at the contributions file.

You can watch me fix issues or implement new features live on Twitch, or have a look at past recordings on youtube

• Live on Twitch (just follow the channel to be notified when a session starts)
• Archive on Youtube

• User Documentation
• Questions and Answers
• Please post on stackoverflow and use the gitpython tag
• Issue Tracker
  • Post reproducible bugs and feature requests as a new issue. Please be sure to provide the following information if posting bugs:
    • GitPython version (e.g. import git; git.__version__)
    • Python version (e.g. python --version)
    • The encountered stack-trace, if applicable
    • Enough information to allow reproducing the issue

• Update/verify the version in the VERSION file
• Update/verify that the changelog has been updated
• Commit everything
• Run git tag <version> to tag the version in Git
• Run make release
• Finally, set the upcoming version in the VERSION file, usually be incrementing the patch level, and possibly by appending -dev. Probably you want to git push once more.

New BSD License. See the LICENSE file.

Now that there seems to be a massive user base, this should be motivation enough to let git-python return to a proper state, which means

• no open pull requests
• no open issues describing bugs