Code for unarchiving thecist's repos

unarchive_repo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys
import subprocess

# --- Configuration ---
BASE_REPO_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/thecist")
REMOTE_NAME = "origin"
BRANCH_PREFIX = "v"

# --- Input ---
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
  print("Usage: python create_push_delete_branch.py <repo-name> <branch-name>")
  sys.exit(1)

repo_name = sys.argv[1]
branch_name = sys.argv[2]
repo_path = os.path.join(BASE_REPO_DIR, repo_name)

if not os.path.isdir(repo_path):
  print(f"Repo '{repo_name}' not found in {BASE_REPO_DIR}")
  sys.exit(1)

def run(cmd, cwd=None, capture_output=False):
  return subprocess.run(
    cmd,
    cwd=cwd,
    shell=True,
    check=True,
    stdout=subprocess.PIPE if capture_output else None,
    text=True,
  )

try:
  # Get a branch name that doesn't exist on origin
  print(f"Unarchiving: {branch_name}")

  # Deleting branch from remote - triggers hook
  run(f"git push {REMOTE_NAME} --delete {branch_name}", cwd=repo_path)

  print(f"Archive '{branch_name}' has been unarchived successfully.")

except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
  print("An error occurred during git operations.")
  sys.exit(1)