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Created September 13, 2011 15:11
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Git Pre-commit Hook For Python now with extra Python!
#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- mode: python -*-
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import sys
syntax_checker = "pyflakes"
def run(command):
p = Popen(command.split(), stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
p.wait()
return p.returncode, p.stdout.read().strip().split(), p.stderr.read()
_, files_modified, _= run("git diff-index --name-only --cached HEAD")
for fname in files_modified:
if fname.endswith(".py"):
print >>sys.stderr, "Checking syntax on %s: ... "%(fname,),
exit_code, _, errors = run("%s %s"%(syntax_checker, fname))
if exit_code != 0:
print >>sys.stderr, "\rChecking syntax on %s: FAILED! \n%s"%(fname, errors)
sys.exit(exit_code)
else:
print >>sys.stderr, "\rChecking syntax on %s: OK!"%(fname,)
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steder commented Nov 29, 2011

Because run is first called with a 'git diff-index' and in that case the p.stdout.read().strip().split() is a list of filenames. Of course you're right, in the pyflakes case the strip() and split() on the output is unnecessary. This would probably be easier to understand if there was a separate function for getting the list of modified file names.

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Ceasar commented Nov 29, 2011

Ah- Somehow I had completely missed line 14. Much easier to understand the control-flow now.

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mtigas commented Jul 18, 2012

Helpful modification I've been using:

L14 should probably be

_, files_modified, _= run("git diff-index --name-only --cached HEAD")

so that non-staged files are ignored. i.e. we only run pyflakes against the files we're trying to commit, not the entire source tree.

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steder commented Jul 18, 2012

Thanks @mtigas, I've updated the gist.

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