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Number of lines added and deleted in a git repository using python

The following code prints the files which have been modified in current tree vs previous tree (if changed): 

for modified in commit.diff('HEAD~1').iter_change_type('M'):                         
    print(modified.a_blob.path)      # prints all files modified

How to get number of lines added and deleted too? (Just like we do using git log --numstat).

Solution

  • You can use git directly to do this from within gitpython:

    the_git = repo.git
log = the_git.log('--numstat')

    More here if you like: http://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorial.html#using-git-directly