How to get name current bramch name in a git repository using python

Question

This is the script to get the current branch name in git using ssh key

URL = raw_input('Enter the ssh git URL: ')
print URL
from pygit2 import Repository
repo = Repository(URL)

# option 1
head = repo.head
print("Head is " + head.name)

# option 2
head = repo.lookup_reference('HEAD').resolve()
print("Head is " + head.name)

Error:It is showing repository not found.Please help to get the current branch name in git repository

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Clone.py", line 28, in <module>
    Repository(URL).head.shorthand
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygit2/repository.py", line 1184, in __init__
    path_backend = init_file_backend(path)
_pygit2.GitError: Repository not found at git@gitlab.com:Manoj.ck/sampleproject.git

Why can't I find this URL? I even can't clone it... maybe that's the problem, The URL. Could you double-check the URL? — Anwarvic, Apr 30 '20 at 11:04
@Anwarvic this is ssh url for git repository so this might not work in browser — kishore, Apr 30 '20 at 11:06
@Anwarvic try with this http url: " https://gitlab.com/Manoj.ck/sampleproject.git" i am getting same error for this url also — kishore, Apr 30 '20 at 11:08
@Anwarvic when i click the above link pasted it is working fine for me — kishore, Apr 30 '20 at 11:19
@kishore I think you need to first [clone](http://pygit2.org/repository.html?highlight=repository#pygit2.clone_repository) the repository and then use Repository's [constructor](https://www.pygit2.org/repository.html?highlight=repository#pygit2.Repository) to open the repository — Saurabh P Bhandari, Apr 30 '20 at 17:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '20 at 13:28

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As seen in the GitPython tutorial, a clone would be:

from git import Repo

cloned_repo = repo.clone("<url>")

answered May 02 '20 at 13:28

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