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Python git package get tag and commit

I would like to print a git commit and the tag in my Python code. How can I do this using git package?

When I am going to my Bitbucket I see 

tag: 73-2-g46b9856

commit checksum: 46b9856

How can I retrieve this info from git package?

I have done the following:

import git
repo = git.Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
sha = repo.head.object.hexsha
Solution

  • Here is what solved my issue:

    repo = git.Repo(search_parent_directories = True)
sha = repo.head.object.hexsha

commit_chksum = repo.git.rev_parse(sha, short = 7)
tag = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--always"]).strip().decode()