community.general/library/git

#!/usr/bin/python

# I wanted to keep this simple at first, so for now this checks out
# from the MASTER branch of a repo at a particular SHA or
# tag.  Latest is not supported, you should not be doing
# that.  Branch checkouts are not supported.  Contribs
# welcome! -- MPD

try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json
import os
import sys
import shlex
import subprocess

# ===========================================
# convert arguments of form a=b c=d
# to a dictionary
# FIXME: make more idiomatic

args = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
items = shlex.split(args)
params = {}
for x in items:
    (k, v) = x.split("=")
    params[k] = v

dest = params['dest']
repo = params['repo']
version = params['version']

# ===========================================

def get_version(dest):
   ''' samples the version of the git repo '''
   os.chdir(dest)
   cmd = "git show --abbrev-commit"
   sha = os.popen(cmd).read().split("\n")
   sha = sha[0].split()[1]
   return sha

def clone(repo, dest):
   ''' makes a new git repo if it does not already exist '''
   try:
       os.makedirs(dest)
   except:
       pass
   cmd = "git clone %s %s" % (repo, dest)
   cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
   return cmd.communicate()

def pull(repo, dest):
   ''' updates repo from remote sources '''
   os.chdir(dest)
   cmd = "git pull -u origin"
   cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
   return cmd.communicate()

def switchver(version, dest):
   ''' once pulled, switch to a particular SHA or tag '''
   os.chdir(dest)
   if version != 'HEAD':
      cmd = "git checkout %s --force" % version
   else:
      # is there a better way to do this?
      cmd = "git rebase origin"
   cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
   (out, err) = cmd.communicate()
   return (out, err)
 

gitconfig = os.path.join(dest, '.git', 'config')

out, err, status = (None, None, None)

# if there is no git configuration, do a clone operation
# else pull and switch the version

before = None
if not os.path.exists(gitconfig):
   (out, err) = clone(repo, dest)
else:
   # else do a pull   
   before = get_version(dest)
   (out, err) = pull(repo, dest)

# handle errors from clone or pull

if out.find('error') != -1:
   print json.dumps({
       "failed" : True,
       "out"    : out,
       "err"    : err
   })
   sys.exit(1)

# switch to version specified regardless of whether
# we cloned or pulled

(out, err) = switchver(version, dest)
if err.find('error') != -1:
   print json.dumps({
       "failed" : True,
       "out"    : out,
       "err"    : err
   })
   sys.exit(1)

# determine if we changed anything

after = get_version(dest)
changed = False

if before != after:
   changed = True

print json.dumps({
   "changed" : changed,
   "before"  : before,
   "after"   : after
})