how to read from a remote git repository using python?

Question

Is it possible to read directly from git repository using python? I tried using git-python but it reads from local git repository only.

Answer 1

The only git-python command which may let you query commits without cloning/fetching first would be ls_remote.

You can see an example in test/lib/helper.py#L168-179:

rw_repo.git.ls_remote(d_remote)

But that will return only the commits representing the branches/HEADS of a remote repo.

For any other history, you need to clone that remote repo first.