git_fun.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import os
import datetime
import git

# Define files to commit when added or changed
FILES_TO_COMMIT = ['.gitignore']
# Define repo directory
REPO_DIR = os.getcwd()
# Define files/folders to add to .gitignore
GITIGNORE = ['.DS_Store', '.env', '.venv', '.vscode/', '*.pyc',
             '*.retry', 'ENV', 'env.bak/', 'env/', 'venv.bak/', 'venv/']

try:
    REPO = git.Repo(REPO_DIR)
except git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
    REPO = git.Repo.init()

with open(os.path.join(REPO_DIR, '.gitignore'), 'w') as f:
    for item in GITIGNORE:
        f.write(item + '\n')

CURRENT_BRANCH = REPO.active_branch
INDEX = REPO.index.entries.items()
UNTRACKED_FILES = REPO.untracked_files
INDEX_DIFF = REPO.index.diff(None)
CHANGED_FILES = []

for item in INDEX_DIFF:
    CHANGED_FILES.append(item.a_path)

print 'Index: {}'.format(INDEX)
print 'Untracked files: {}'.format(UNTRACKED_FILES)
print 'Changed files: {}'.format(CHANGED_FILES)
try:
    print 'Submodules: {}'.format(REPO.submodules)
except:
    print 'Submodules: None'

for item in FILES_TO_COMMIT:
    if item in UNTRACKED_FILES or item in CHANGED_FILES:
        REPO.git.add(item)
        commit_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(
            '%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
        commit_msg = '{}-{}'.format(
            CURRENT_BRANCH, commit_date)
        REPO.git.commit('-m', '{}'.format(commit_msg))