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pygit2 auto treebuilder
"""
Defines a function `auto_insert` to help with
`pygit2.Repository.TreeBuilder`s.
Just create the top-level `TreeBuilder`, and it will handle all subtree
creation if you give it paths.
"""
import shutil
from tempfile import mkdtemp
from pygit2 import init_repository
from pygit2 import GIT_FILEMODE_TREE, GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB
repo_dir = mkdtemp()
repo = init_repository(repo_dir)
def auto_insert(repo, treebuilder, path, thing, mode):
"""figure out and deal with the necessary subtree structure"""
path_parts = path.split('/', 1)
if len(path_parts) == 1: # base case
treebuilder.insert(path, thing, mode)
return treebuilder.write()
subtree_name, sub_path = path_parts
tree_oid = treebuilder.write()
tree = repo.get(tree_oid)
try:
entry = tree[subtree_name]
assert entry.filemode == GIT_FILEMODE_TREE,\
'{} already exists as a blob, not a tree'.format(entry.name)
existing_subtree = repo.get(entry.hex)
sub_treebuilder = repo.TreeBuilder(existing_subtree)
except KeyError:
sub_treebuilder = repo.TreeBuilder()
subtree_oid = auto_insert(repo, sub_treebuilder, sub_path, thing, mode)
treebuilder.insert(subtree_name, subtree_oid, GIT_FILEMODE_TREE)
return treebuilder.write()
# create the only treebuilder we want to have to deal with
root = repo.TreeBuilder()
# make something for the tree
path = 'some-folder/filename.txt'
blob_sha = repo.create_blob('asdf')
# throw it in
auto_insert(repo, root, path, blob_sha, GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB)
# add something more to the same subtree
path2 = 'some-folder/another-file.txt'
blob2_sha = repo.create_blob('fdsa')
auto_insert(repo, root, path2, blob2_sha, GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB)
# add something deep
path3 = 'very/deeply/nested/deep-file.txt'
blob3_sha = repo.create_blob('sup')
auto_insert(repo, root, path3, blob3_sha, GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB)
# add something to the top
path4 = 'top-file.txt'
blob4_sha = repo.create_blob('blah')
auto_insert(repo, root, path4, blob4_sha, GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB)
# did it stick?
def print_tree(tree, indent=''):
for entry in tree:
if entry.filemode == GIT_FILEMODE_TREE:
print('{}{}/'.format(indent, entry.name))
subtree = repo.get(entry.hex)
print_tree(subtree, indent=' {}'.format(indent))
else:
print('{}{}'.format(indent, entry.name))
tree_oid = root.write()
tree = repo.get(tree_oid)
print_tree(tree)
# housekeeping: clean up the temp repo
shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)
$ python auto_treebuilder_test.py
some-folder/
another-file.txt
filename.txt
top-file.txt
very/
deeply/
nested/
deep-file.txt
@tekknolagi
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Can I use this code? If so, how is it licensed?

@uniphil
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uniphil commented Dec 11, 2023

hmm. pygit2 itself is gpl2 with a linking exception which is pretty confusing, because it doesn't seem obvious to me what "the compiled version of this library" means in the context of a python dependency.

to be safe I'll say it's also GPL2 with, the same linking exception. interpret how you will.

edit: please use the code in this gist however you wish with no restrictions as far as i am concerned, but be aware of pygit2's license.

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Awesome, thank you so much!

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Linking probably means shipping bytecode or something

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