git diff <local branch> <remote>/<remote branch> possible using gitpython ? #989

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2. Byron commented on Feb 25, 2020

   

   Byron

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   Hi @hcheruku ,

   if I understand you correctly, you would like to diff a local state against the state in a remote repository, without actually fetching data to local. This is not possible with git.

   However, removing that constraint, you can always fetch the data first, then diff or compare the commit hash the local branch and remote branch points to.

   It would certainly help to understand the problem you are trying to solve. In the mean time, I will close this issue, feel free to keep posting in the comments.
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4. hcheruku commented on Feb 25, 2020

   

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   Hi Byron,

   Thank you so much for replying.
   Sorry, I didn't mean to diff without fetch. haha sorry for the confusion. I know I cannot diff without fetch. I have no problem git fetching using gitpython. Repo(repo_path).remotes.origin.fetch() works fine.

   Just want to know how to do git diff local remote using gitpython.

   Thanks
5. hcheruku commented on Feb 25, 2020

   

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   nevermind! I did it.
   Here's what I did:

   Repo(repo_path).remotes.origin.fetch()
   diff = str(Repo(repo_path).git.diff('origin/master')).splitlines()
   if len(diff) != 0:
       Repo(repo_path).remote().pull(branch)
   

   It works!
   Thanks for replying
   Have a great day ahead :-)
6. Byron

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