Python way to clone a git repository

git, module, python

Solution

There is GitPython. Haven’t heard of it before and internally, it relies on having the git executables somewhere; additionally, they might have plenty of bugs. But it could be worth a try.

How to clone:

import git  # pip install gitpython
git.Git("/your/directory/to/clone").clone("git://gitorious.org/git-python/mainline.git")

(It’s not nice and I don’t know if it is the supported way to do it, but it worked.)

Problem

Is there a Python way without using a subprocess to clone a git repository? I'm up for using any sort of modules you recommend.

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