Git Commands in python

Question

I have tried the below python code to clone the repository from Git but it is not cloning and it is returning the value as 1.

import subprocess
repo = input ("Repository:") 
_repo_ = f '{repo}'
print ("Choose local repository ") 
local = input ("Repository:") 
local_path = f '{local}'
cmd = " git clone (git repository link)"+_repo_+".git"
print(str(cmd)) 
return_value =subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True) 
print (Return value:" +str(return_value)) 

• JKC: Does this answer your question? Running Git clone command in Python
• Maicon Mauricio: I removed a typo in your code. The line cmd = " git clone (git repository link)"+_repo_+".git" was missing a + for concatenation. Also, have you checked the outpu of the subprocess command? Use subprocess.check_call to get the output as pointed out in this answer: stackoverflow.com/a/58332167/15016163

Answer 1

Just found this library gitpython

from git import Repo

Try

Repo.clone_from(url,repo)

OR

git.Git(PATH).clone(URL)

• Yafaa: What's the error ? pip install GitPython worked fine just tested
• Chakkara: Thanks. I have also tried with from git import Repo.. Error thrown with no module named git. So I tried to install using pip install gitpython. Unable to do it because of error : Retrying failed to establish connection
• astrochun: Have you check to see if you have git installed?

Answer 2

you could simply do this

import subprocess
repo = input("Repository:")
cmd = "git clone {}.git".format(repo)
print(str(cmd))
return_value = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
print("Return value:" + str(return_value))

• Chakkara: Again got the return value as 1 if I pass the repo link
• Sreevardhan Reddy: is the repo public ? is git asking for credentials ? do you have access to the git repo? and are you using python3 ?