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Non value parameters in clone_from in gitpython

I'm trying to use the clone_from function from the gitpython library and I would like to pass the git clone parameter --no-checkout to the command.

According to the documentation, parameters must be passed as **kwargs and from what I understand, this must be a dictionary where the keys are the git parameter and the values corresponds to parameter values. My problem is that --no-checkout does not take any parameter values.

I have tried something like:

clone_kwargs = {'no-checkout'}
repo.clone_from(clone_url,local_repo_path,None,None,**clone_kwargs)''

and 

clone_kwargs = {'no-checkout':''}
repo.clone_from(clone_url,local_repo_path,None,None,**clone_kwargs)

and

clone_kwargs = {'':'no-checkout'}
repo.clone_from(clone_url,local_repo_path,None,None,**clone_kwargs)

But all of these attempts fail. So, how do I best clone a repo without checking it out?

Solution

  • This issue in the gitpython project explains what you need to do:

    Repo.clone_from(url, to, no_checkout=True)

    So in your case it would be:

    repo.clone_from(clone_url, local_repo_path, no_checkout=True)