dulwich.index module

Parser for the git index file format.

class dulwich.index.Index(filename)

Bases: object

A Git Index file.

Open an index file.

Parameters:filename – Path to the index file
changes_from_tree(object_store, tree, want_unchanged=False)

Find the differences between the contents of this index and a tree.

Parameters:
  • object_store – Object store to use for retrieving tree contents
  • tree – SHA1 of the root tree
  • want_unchanged – Whether unchanged files should be reported
Returns:

Iterator over tuples with (oldpath, newpath), (oldmode, newmode), (oldsha, newsha)
clear()

Remove all contents from this index.

commit(object_store)

Create a new tree from an index.

Parameters:object_store – Object store to save the tree in
Returns:Root tree SHA
get_mode(path)

Return the POSIX file mode for the object at a path.

get_sha1(path)

Return the (git object) SHA1 for the object at a path.

items()
iterblobs()
iteritems()
iterobjects()

Iterate over path, sha, mode tuples for use with commit_tree.

path
read()

Read current contents of index from disk.

update(entries)
write()

Write current contents of index to disk.

class dulwich.index.IndexEntry(ctime, mtime, dev, ino, mode, uid, gid, size, sha, flags)

Bases: tuple

Create new instance of IndexEntry(ctime, mtime, dev, ino, mode, uid, gid, size, sha, flags)

ctime

Alias for field number 0

dev

Alias for field number 2

flags

Alias for field number 9

gid

Alias for field number 6

ino

Alias for field number 3

mode

Alias for field number 4

mtime

Alias for field number 1

sha

Alias for field number 8

size

Alias for field number 7

uid

Alias for field number 5

dulwich.index.blob_from_path_and_stat(fs_path, st)

Create a blob from a path and a stat object.

Parameters:
  • fs_path – Full file system path to file
  • st – A stat object
Returns:

A Blob object
dulwich.index.build_file_from_blob(blob, mode, target_path, honor_filemode=True)

Build a file or symlink on disk based on a Git object.

Parameters:
  • obj – The git object
  • mode – File mode
  • target_path – Path to write to
  • honor_filemode – An optional flag to honor core.filemode setting in config file, default is core.filemode=True, change executable bit
Returns:

stat object for the file
dulwich.index.build_index_from_tree(root_path, index_path, object_store, tree_id, honor_filemode=True, validate_path_element=<function validate_path_element_default>)

Generate and materialize index from a tree

Parameters:
  • tree_id – Tree to materialize
  • root_path – Target dir for materialized index files
  • index_path – Target path for generated index
  • object_store – Non-empty object store holding tree contents
  • honor_filemode – An optional flag to honor core.filemode setting in config file, default is core.filemode=True, change executable bit
  • validate_path_element – Function to validate path elements to check out; default just refuses .git and .. directories.
:note:: existing index is wiped and contents are not merged
in a working dir. Suitable only for fresh clones.
dulwich.index.changes_from_tree(names, lookup_entry, object_store, tree, want_unchanged=False)

Find the differences between the contents of a tree and a working copy.

Parameters:
  • names – Iterable of names in the working copy
  • lookup_entry – Function to lookup an entry in the working copy
  • object_store – Object store to use for retrieving tree contents
  • tree – SHA1 of the root tree, or None for an empty tree
  • want_unchanged – Whether unchanged files should be reported
Returns:

Iterator over tuples with (oldpath, newpath), (oldmode, newmode), (oldsha, newsha)
dulwich.index.cleanup_mode(mode)

Cleanup a mode value.

This will return a mode that can be stored in a tree object.

Parameters:mode – Mode to clean up.
dulwich.index.commit_index(object_store, index)

Create a new tree from an index.

Parameters:
  • object_store – Object store to save the tree in
  • index – Index file
Note:

This function is deprecated, use index.commit() instead.
Returns:

Root tree sha.
dulwich.index.commit_tree(object_store, blobs)

Commit a new tree.

Parameters:
  • object_store – Object store to add trees to
  • blobs – Iterable over blob path, sha, mode entries
Returns:

SHA1 of the created tree.
dulwich.index.get_unstaged_changes(index, root_path, filter_blob_callback=None)

Walk through an index and check for differences against working tree.

Parameters:
  • index – index to check
  • root_path – path in which to find files
Returns:

iterator over paths with unstaged changes
dulwich.index.index_entry_from_path(path, object_store=None)

Create an index from a filesystem path.

This returns an index value for files, symlinks and tree references. for directories and non-existant files it returns None

Parameters:
  • path – Path to create an index entry for
  • object_store – Optional object store to save new blobs in
Returns:

An index entry; None for directories
dulwich.index.index_entry_from_stat(stat_val, hex_sha, flags, mode=None)

Create a new index entry from a stat value.

Parameters:
  • stat_val – POSIX stat_result instance
  • hex_sha – Hex sha of the object
  • flags – Index flags
dulwich.index.iter_fresh_blobs(index, root_path)

Iterate over versions of blobs on disk referenced by index.

Don’t use this function; it removes missing entries from index.

Parameters:
  • index – Index file
  • root_path – Root path to access from
  • include_deleted – Include deleted entries with sha and mode set to None
Returns:

Iterator over path, sha, mode
dulwich.index.iter_fresh_entries(paths, root_path, object_store=None)

Iterate over current versions of index entries on disk.

Parameters:
  • paths – Paths to iterate over
  • root_path – Root path to access from
  • store – Optional store to save new blobs in
Returns:

Iterator over path, index_entry
dulwich.index.iter_fresh_objects(paths, root_path, include_deleted=False, object_store=None)

Iterate over versions of objecs on disk referenced by index.

Parameters:
  • index – Index file
  • root_path – Root path to access from
  • include_deleted – Include deleted entries with sha and mode set to None
  • object_store – Optional object store to report new items to
Returns:

Iterator over path, sha, mode
dulwich.index.pathjoin(*args)

Join a /-delimited path.

dulwich.index.pathsplit(path)

Split a /-delimited path into a directory part and a basename.

Parameters:path – The path to split.
Returns:Tuple with directory name and basename
dulwich.index.read_cache_entry(f)

Read an entry from a cache file.

Parameters:f – File-like object to read from
Returns:tuple with: device, inode, mode, uid, gid, size, sha, flags
dulwich.index.read_cache_time(f)

Read a cache time.

Parameters:f – File-like object to read from
Returns:Tuple with seconds and nanoseconds
dulwich.index.read_index(f)

Read an index file, yielding the individual entries.

dulwich.index.read_index_dict(f)

Read an index file and return it as a dictionary.

Parameters:f – File object to read from
dulwich.index.read_submodule_head(path)

Read the head commit of a submodule.

Parameters:path – path to the submodule
Returns:HEAD sha, None if not a valid head/repository
dulwich.index.refresh_index(index, root_path)

Refresh the contents of an index.

This is the equivalent to running ‘git commit -a’.

Parameters:
  • index – Index to update
  • root_path – Root filesystem path
dulwich.index.validate_path(path, element_validator=<function validate_path_element_default>)

Default path validator that just checks for .git/.

dulwich.index.validate_path_element_default(element)
dulwich.index.validate_path_element_ntfs(element)
dulwich.index.write_cache_entry(f, entry)

Write an index entry to a file.

Parameters:
  • f – File object
  • entry – Entry to write, tuple with: (name, ctime, mtime, dev, ino, mode, uid, gid, size, sha, flags)
dulwich.index.write_cache_time(f, t)

Write a cache time.

Parameters:
  • f – File-like object to write to
  • t – Time to write (as int, float or tuple with secs and nsecs)
dulwich.index.write_index(f, entries)

Write an index file.

Parameters:
  • f – File-like object to write to
  • entries – Iterable over the entries to write
dulwich.index.write_index_dict(f, entries)

Write an index file based on the contents of a dictionary.