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salt.modules.git¶

Support for the Git SCM

salt.modules.git.add(cwd, file_name, user=None, opts=None)¶

add a file to git

cwd: The path to the Git repository
file_name: Path to the file in the cwd
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.add /path/to/git/repo /path/to/file

salt.modules.git.archive(cwd, output, rev='HEAD', fmt=None, prefix=None, user=None)¶

Export a tarball from the repository

cwd: The path to the Git repository
output: The path to the archive tarball
rev: HEAD: The revision to create an archive from
fmt: None: Format of the resulting archive, zip and tar are commonly used
prefix : None: Prepend <prefix>/ to every filename in the archive
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

If prefix is not specified it defaults to the basename of the repo directory.

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.archive /path/to/repo /path/to/archive.tar.gz

salt.modules.git.branch(cwd, rev, opts=None, user=None)¶

Interacts with branches.

cwd: The path to the Git repository
rev: The branch/revision to be used in the command.
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.branch mybranch --set-upstream-to=origin/mybranch

salt.modules.git.checkout(cwd, rev, force=False, opts=None, user=None)¶

Checkout a given revision

cwd: The path to the Git repository
rev: The remote branch or revision to checkout
force : False: Force a checkout even if there might be overwritten changes
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Examples:

salt '*' git.checkout /path/to/repo somebranch user=jeff

salt '*' git.checkout /path/to/repo opts='testbranch -- conf/file1 file2'

salt '*' git.checkout /path/to/repo rev=origin/mybranch opts=--track

salt.modules.git.clone(cwd, repository, opts=None, user=None, identity=None)¶

Clone a new repository

cwd: The path to the Git repository
repository: The git URI of the repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None: A path to a private key to use over SSH

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.clone /path/to/repo git://github.com/saltstack/salt.git

salt '*' git.clone /path/to/repo.git\
        git://github.com/saltstack/salt.git '--bare --origin github'

salt.modules.git.commit(cwd, message, user=None, opts=None)¶

create a commit

cwd: The path to the Git repository
message: The commit message
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.commit /path/to/git/repo 'The commit message'

salt.modules.git.config_get(cwd=None, setting_name=None, user=None)¶

Get a key or keys from the git configuration file (.git/config).

cwd : None: Optional path to a Git repository

Changed in version 2014.7.0: Made cwd optional
setting_name : None: The name of the configuration key to get. Required.
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.config_get setting_name=user.email
salt '*' git.config_get /path/to/repo user.name arthur

salt.modules.git.config_set(cwd=None, setting_name=None, setting_value=None, user=None, is_global=False)¶

Set a key in the git configuration file (.git/config) of the repository or globally.

cwd : None: Options path to the Git repository

Changed in version 2014.7.0: Made cwd optional
setting_name : None: The name of the configuration key to set. Required.
setting_value : None: The (new) value to set. Required.
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
is_global : False: Set to True to use the '--global' flag with 'git config'

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.config_set /path/to/repo user.email [email protected]

salt.modules.git.current_branch(cwd, user=None)¶

Returns the current branch name, if on a branch.

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.current_branch /path/to/repo

salt.modules.git.describe(cwd, rev='HEAD', user=None)¶

Returns the git describe string (or the SHA hash if there are no tags) for the given revision

cwd: The path to the Git repository
rev: HEAD: The revision to describe
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Examples:

salt '*' git.describe /path/to/repo

salt '*' git.describe /path/to/repo develop

salt.modules.git.fetch(cwd, opts=None, user=None, identity=None)¶

Perform a fetch on the given repository

cwd: The path to the Git repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None: A path to a private key to use over SSH

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.fetch /path/to/repo '--all'

salt '*' git.fetch cwd=/path/to/repo opts='--all' user=johnny

salt.modules.git.init(cwd, opts=None, user=None)¶

Initialize a new git repository

cwd: The path to the Git repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.init /path/to/repo.git opts='--bare'

salt.modules.git.ls_remote(cwd, repository='origin', branch='master', user=None, identity=None)¶

Returns the upstream hash for any given URL and branch.

cwd: The path to the Git repository
repository: origin: The name of the repository to get the revision from. Can be the name of a remote, an URL, etc.
branch: master: The name of the branch to get the revision from.
user : none: run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : none: a path to a private key to use over ssh

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.ls_remote /pat/to/repo origin master

salt.modules.git.merge(cwd, branch='@{upstream}', opts=None, user=None)¶

Merge a given branch

cwd: The path to the Git repository
branch : @{upstream}: The remote branch or revision to merge into the current branch
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.fetch /path/to/repo
salt '*' git.merge /path/to/repo @{upstream}

salt.modules.git.pull(cwd, opts=None, user=None, identity=None)¶

Perform a pull on the given repository

cwd: The path to the Git repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None: A path to a private key to use over SSH

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.pull /path/to/repo opts='--rebase origin master'

salt.modules.git.push(cwd, remote_name, branch='master', user=None, opts=None, identity=None)¶

Push to remote

cwd: The path to the Git repository
remote_name: Name of the remote to push to
branch : master: Name of the branch to push
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None: A path to a private key to use over SSH

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.push /path/to/git/repo remote-name

salt.modules.git.rebase(cwd, rev='master', opts=None, user=None)¶

Rebase the current branch

cwd: The path to the Git repository
rev : master: The revision to rebase onto the current branch
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.rebase /path/to/repo master
salt '*' git.rebase /path/to/repo 'origin master'

That is the same as:

git rebase master
git rebase origin master

salt.modules.git.remote_get(cwd, remote='origin', user=None)¶

get the fetch and push URL for a specified remote name

remote : origin: the remote name used to define the fetch and push URL
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.remote_get /path/to/repo
salt '*' git.remote_get /path/to/repo upstream

salt.modules.git.remote_set(cwd, name='origin', url=None, user=None)¶

sets a remote with name and URL like git remote add <remote_name> <remote_url>

remote_name : origin: defines the remote name
remote_url : None: defines the remote URL; should not be None!
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.remote_set /path/to/repo remote_url=[email protected]:saltstack/salt.git
salt '*' git.remote_set /path/to/repo origin [email protected]:saltstack/salt.git

salt.modules.git.remotes(cwd, user=None)¶

Get remotes like git remote -v

cwd: The path to the Git repository
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.remotes /path/to/repo

salt.modules.git.reset(cwd, opts=None, user=None)¶

Reset the repository checkout

cwd: The path to the Git repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.reset /path/to/repo master

salt.modules.git.revision(cwd, rev='HEAD', short=False, user=None)¶

Returns the long hash of a given identifier (hash, branch, tag, HEAD, etc)

cwd: The path to the Git repository
rev: HEAD: The revision
short: False: Return an abbreviated SHA1 git hash
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.revision /path/to/repo mybranch

salt.modules.git.rm(cwd, file_name, user=None, opts=None)¶

Remove a file from git

cwd: The path to the Git repository
file_name: Path to the file in the cwd
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.rm /path/to/git/repo /path/to/file

salt.modules.git.stash(cwd, opts=None, user=None)¶

Stash changes in the repository checkout

cwd: The path to the Git repository
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.stash /path/to/repo master

salt.modules.git.status(cwd, user=None)¶

Return the status of the repository. The returned format uses the status codes of git's 'porcelain' output mode

cwd: The path to the Git repository
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.status /path/to/git/repo

salt.modules.git.submodule(cwd, init=True, opts=None, user=None, identity=None)¶

Initialize git submodules

cwd: The path to the Git repository
init : True: Ensure that new submodules are initialized
opts : None: Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None: Run git as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None: A path to a private key to use over SSH

CLI Example:

salt '*' git.submodule /path/to/repo.git/sub/repo

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