libvcs - abstraction layer for vcs

Install:

$ pip install libvcs

Open up python:

$ python

>>> from libvcs.shortcuts import create_repo_from_pip_url, create_repo

# repo is an object representation of a vcs repository.
>>> r = create_repo(url='https://www.github.com/tony/myrepo',
...                 vcs='git',
...                 repo_dir='/tmp/repo')

# or via pip-style URL
... r = create_repo_from_pip_url(
...         pip_url='git+https://www.github.com/tony/myrepo',
...         repo_dir='/tmp/repo')

# it may or may not be checked out/cloned on the system yet
>>> r.update_repo()
|myrepo| (git)  Repo directory for myrepo (git) does not exist @ /tmp/myrepo
|myrepo| (git)  Cloning.
|myrepo| (git)  git clone https://www.github.com/tony/myrepo /tmp/myrepo
Cloning into '/tmp/myrepo'...
Checking connectivity... done.
|myrepo| (git)  git fetch
|myrepo| (git)  git pull
Already up-to-date.

More information

Python support	Python 2.7, >= 3.3
VCS supported	git(1), svn(1), hg(1)
Source	https://github.com/tony/libvcs
Docs	http://libvcs.rtfd.org
Changelog	http://libvcs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html
API	http://libvcs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html
Issues	https://github.com/tony/libvcs/issues
Travis	http://travis-ci.org/tony/libvcs
Test Coverage	https://codecov.io/gh/tony/libvcs
pypi	https://pypi.python.org/pypi/libvcs
Open Hub	https://www.openhub.net/p/libvcs
License	BSD.
git repo	$ git clone https://github.com/tony/libvcs.git
install dev	$ git clone https://github.com/tony/libvcs.git libvcs $ cd ./libvcs $ virtualenv .venv $ source .venv/bin/activate $ pip install -e .
tests	$ py.test