How to push to remote repo with GitPython

Question

I have to clone a set of projects from one repository and push it then to a remote repository automatically. Therefore i'm using python and the specific module GitPython. Until now i can clone the project with gitpython like this:

def main():
  Repo.clone_from(cloneUrl, localRepoPath)
  # Missing: Push the cloned repo to a remote repo.

How can i use GitPython to push the cloned repo to a remote repo?

Emelinaemeline

Answer 1

it's all in the documentation:

repo = Repo.clone_from(cloneUrl, localRepopath)
remote = repo.create_remote(remote_name, url=another_url)
remote.push(refspec='{}:{}'.format(local_branch, remote_branch))

see also the push reference API. You can avoid the refspec setting if you set a tracking branch for the remote you want to push to.

Melva

This is similar to subprocess.check_call(['git', 'remote', 'set-url', 'remote', url]. You can leave out the url=, no kw arg needed. – Vaulting

This is also similar to opening and writing the .git/config file and write the stuff within it. Here the OP asks specifically about GitPython ☺. Though, good point for the url=, even though the documentation itself uses the keyword in several places. – Melva

Answer 2

It should work like this

r = Repo.clone_from(cloneUrl, localRepoPath)
r.remotes.origin.push()

provided that a tracking branch was setup already.

Otherwise you would set a refspec:

r.remotes.origin.push(refspec='master:master')

Mediocre

This solution pushes it to origin, but i wanted to push it to a new remote. – Emelinaemeline

Does not help because the remote is the same. – Vaulting