How to get master/main branch from gitpython

Asked Oct 20 '21 at 18:50

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How one can know about the master/main branch at git remote with git-python.

I am aware that we can iterate over the heads of the repository and then check the results. Something like

repo = git.Repo('git-repo')
remote_refs = repo.remote().refs

for refs in remote_refs:
    print(refs)

This will give list of all branch heads at remote including the main/master branch.

Is their a direct way to get the main branch?

asked Oct 20 '21 at 18:50

John Byro

Does this answer your question? [Checkout or list remote branches in GitPython](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2473035/checkout-or-list-remote-branches-in-gitpython) – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:02
What do you mean by "get" here? Checkout? Pull? Something else? – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:03
by get i mean , to know which is the main branch , whether `main` or `master` is the main branch – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:09
What if a repo has both branches? Why not try checking out both? – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:10
Thats the issue , how would someone know which is the main branch? – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:11
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16500461/how-do-i-find-the-default-branch-for-a-repository-using-the-github-v3-api – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:13
That is in my knowledge , is their a way to get the same from `git-python`? – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:14
Did you look at the documentation? – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:18
yes, there isn't specific to the answer – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:23
Right. So if you've checked the documentation and haven't found an answer... – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:25
[this](https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html#git.refs.head.Head) looks like the answer – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:30
Not to me. Using the github API will be a much easier approach. Gitpython doesn't look to have anything that deals with a github repo's default branch (which is a github thing, not a git thing). – ddejohn Oct 20 '21 at 19:33
Yeah that makes perfect sense – John Byro Oct 20 '21 at 19:41

How to get master/main branch from gitpython

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