I am trying to make a python script which would check for changes in my git local working folder, and automatically push them to the online repo. Currently only using git manually to do it. I want to know, what would a script require to do this without manual intervention.
The commands I'd type in my shell are:
#for checking the status, and determining if there are untracked files
git status
#if there are untracked files...add them
git add .
#add my commit message
git commit -m "7/8/2012 3:25am"
#push it to my online repo
git push origin master
#check if changes came on remote
git diff origin/master
#merge my repo with origin
git merge origin/master
When doing the git push, you'd always have to enter username/password. I know that git has a way around this which involves making ssh keys and all. But I am assuming there is some way GitPython is doing it. I mean we can pass username/password through code, or go with the former. So what are my options regarding authentication when I am using GitPython?
Edit: There are apps which actually generate the ssh keys, for e.g. github's windows application. How is the windows app doing this? My assumption is that there is surely some git api for it...
If you are authenticating using SSH keys, then use ssh-agent to load your key once and then you can keep using the key without having to provide the password all the time.
Alternatively, you could simply generate a key without a password, if you don’t care about your key security.