Installation
The easy way is to use one of the utilities provided by Python's
setuptools. If you don't have setuptools, you can install them with:
{% highlight bash %} sudo apt-get install python-setuptools {% endhighlight %}
...or with:
{% highlight bash %} sudo yum install python-setuptools {% endhighlight %}
... depending on your platform. You can then install GitPython with:
{% highlight bash %} sudo easy_install GitPython {% endhighlight %}
After that, it will be available for you to import and use:
{% highlight python %} import git {% endhighlight %}
Usage
Initialize a Repository Object
If you have a local directory that has already been initialized as a
Git repository (hint: it should contain a .git subdirectory), then
you can simply create an object of it:
{% highlight python %} import git repo = git.Repo('/home/marios/repositories/test-repo') {% endhighlight %}