gitpython returns 'git push --porcelain origin' returned with exit code 128

Question

I'm trying to push a new git repo upstream using gitpython module. Below are the steps that I'm doing and get an error 128.

# Initialize a local git repo
init_repo = Repo.init(gitlocalrepodir+"%s" %(gitinitrepo))

# Add a file to this new local git repo
init_repo.index.add([filename])

# Initial commit
init_repo.index.commit('Initial Commit - %s' %(timestr))

# Create remote
init_repo.create_remote('origin', giturl+gitinitrepo+'.git')

# Push upstream (Origin)
init_repo.remotes.origin.push()

While executing the push(), gitpython throws an exception:

'git push --porcelain origin' returned with exit code 128

Access to github is via SSH.

Do you see anything wrong that I'm doing?

Answer 1

I tracked it down with a similar approach:

class ProgressPrinter(git.RemoteProgress):

    def line_dropped(self, line):
        print("line dropped : " + str(line))

Which you can then call in your code:

init_repo.remotes.origin.push(progress=ProgressPrinter())