GitPython get list of commits from a repo-branch

Question

I have a Git repository URL and a branch name.

Using GitPython how do I get all the commits from the branch?

Answer 1

From https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorial.html

Meet the Repo type

The first step is to create a git.Repo object to represent your repository.

from git import Repo
# rorepo is a Repo instance pointing to the git-python repository.

# For all you know, the first argument to Repo is a path to the repository

# you want to work with

repo = Repo(self.rorepo.working_tree_dir)

assert not repo.bare

In the above example, the directory self.rorepo.working_tree_dir equals /Users/mtrier/Development/git-python and is my working repository which contains the .git directory. You can also initialize GitPython with a bare repository.

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The Commit object

Commit objects contain information about a specific commit. Obtain commits using references as done in Examining References or as follows.

Obtain commits at the specified revision

repo.commit('master')

repo.commit('v0.8.1')

repo.commit('HEAD~10')

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I would suggest reading the tutorial I quoted and at least the entire The Commit Object section of it. (https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorial.html#the-commit-object)