gistfile1.py

import os
import re

from fabric.api import *
from urlparse import urlparse

def task(project):
  try:
    # User can set their project directory with
    # export PROJECT_DIR= in their shell
    projects_dir = os.environ['PROJECT_DIR']
  except KeyError:
    # Default to ~/Projects
    projects_dir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/Projects'

  # Find the project directory based on project name.
  # Match by ignoring the domain suffix that can vary.
  r = re.compile(r'%s\..*$' % project)
  for dir in os.listdir(projects_dir):  
    if r.match(dir):
       project_dir = dir
       break
  
  git_repo = os.path.join(projects_dir, project_dir, 'public_html')
  
  with lcd(git_repo):
    ssh_settings = local('git config --get remote.live.url', True)
    
  # Work around limitation in urlparse
  ssh_settings = ssh_settings.replace('ssh://', 'http://')
  # Parse the uri
  ssh_settings = urlparse(ssh_settings)
    
  # Set our host info that fabric uses to connect
  env.user = ssh_settings.username
  env.host_string = ssh_settings.hostname
  
  # Do things on the remote host
  run('ls')

ssh_pipe_example.py

import subprocess

proc = subprocess.Popen(["ssh", "aegir@skane.com", "php"],
    stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
f = open('info.php', 'r');
result = proc.communicate(f.read())