Python way to clone a git repository

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Is there a Python way without using a subprocess to clone a git repository  I m up for using any sort of modules you recommend

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Using GitPython will give you a good python interface to Git.

For example, after installing it (pip install gitpython), for cloning a new repository you can use clone_from function:

from git import Repo

Repo.clone_from(git_url, repo_dir)

See the GitPython Tutorial for examples on using the Repo object.

Note: GitPython requires git being installed on the system, and accessible via system's PATH.

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With Dulwich tip you should be able to do   from dulwich repo import Repo Repo   path to source   clone   path to target     This is still very basic - it copies across the objects and the refs  but it doesn t yet create the contents of the working tree if you create a non-bare repository

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Pretty simple method is to just pass the creds in the url  can be slightly suspect though - use with caution   import os  def getRepo repo url  login object           Clones the passed repo to my staging dir          path append   r stage repo    Can set this as an arg    os chdir path append     repo moddedURL    https       login object  username           login object  password       github com UserName RepoName git    os system  git clone    repo moddedURL     print  Cloned      if   name         main         getRepo  https   github com UserName RepoYouWant git     username    userName    password    passWord

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For python 3   First install module   pip3 install gitpython   and later  code it      import os from git repo base import Repo Repo clone from  https   github com          folderToSave     I hope this helps you

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This is the sample code for gitpull and gitpush using gitpython module   import os path from git import   import git  os  shutil   create local Repo Folder UPLOAD FOLDER    LocalPath Folder  if not os path exists UPLOAD FOLDER     os makedirs UPLOAD FOLDER    print UPLOAD FOLDER  new path   os path join UPLOADFOLDER  DIR NAME   new path REMOTE URL    GitURL     if you already connected with server you dont need to give  any credential   REMOTE URL looks  git github com path of Repo    code for clone class git operation clone      try      def   init   self           self DIR NAME   DIR NAME         self REMOTE URL   REMOTE URL      def git clone self            if os path isdir DIR NAME               shutil rmtree DIR NAME          os mkdir DIR NAME          repo   git Repo init DIR NAME          origin   repo create remote  origin   REMOTE URL          origin fetch           origin pull origin refs 0  remote head    except Exception as e        print str e     code for push class git operation push      def git push file self       try          repo   Repo DIR NAME          commit message    work in progress            repo index add u True          repo git add  --all           repo index commit commit message          origin   repo remote  origin           origin push  master           repo git add update True          print  repo push succesfully       except Exception as e          print str e   if   name         main        a   git operation push      git operation push git push file        git operation clone      git operation clone git clone

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Github s libgit2 binding  pygit2 provides a one-liner cloning a remote directory    clone repository url  path       bare False  repository None  remote None  checkout branch None  callbacks None

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You can use dload  import dload dload git clone  https   github com some repo git       pip install dload

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Here s a way to print progress while cloning a repo with GitPython  import time import git from git import RemoteProgress  class CloneProgress RemoteProgress       def update self  op code  cur count  max count None  message              if message              print message   print  Cloning into  s    git root  git Repo clone from  https   github com your-repo     your repo dir            branch  master   progress CloneProgress

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There is GitPython  Haven   t heard of it before and internally  it relies on having the git executables somewhere  additionally  they might have plenty of bugs  But it could be worth a try   How to clone   import git git Git   your directory to clone   clone  git   gitorious org git-python mainline git      It   s not nice and I don   t know if it is the supported way to do it  but it worked

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My solution is very simple and straight forward  It doesn t even need the manual entry of passphrase password   Here is my complete code   import sys import os  path      path to store your cloned project   clone    git clone gitolite  lt server ip gt   your project name git    os system  sshpass -p your password ssh user name your localhost   os chdir path    Specifying the path where the cloned project needs to be copied os system clone    Cloning

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