cdobrich / git-commit-via-date-range

git-commit-via-date-range

Add files to a Git repository based on specified date ranges. Tested on Linux.

This program honors all normal Git configurations, like .gitignore files and such.

Dependencies / Requirements

pip install GitPython pytz

Create a local python environment

If the dependency GitPython and pytz are not available on the system, you can install them locally to an isolated Python environment.

python3 -m venv '.venv'
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install GitPython pytz

Assumptions

The input path argument (base folder) contains the Git repository you want to commit to.

Usage

General form (when Git has prior commits to compare against):

python git-commit-via-date-range.py /path/to/folder/with/git/repository YYYY-MM-DD <timezone>

Starting form (when the local Git repository has no prior commits):

python git-commit-via-date-range.py /path/to/folder/with/git/repository YYYY-MM-DD <timezone> YYYY-MM-DD <timezone>

Case 1: No starting date

Used when the Git repository has prior commits to compare against.

python git-commit-via-date-range.py /path/to/your/git/repository 2024-01-25 America/Los_Angeles

Case 2: With starting date

Used when the local Git repository has no prior commits.

python git-commit-via-date-range.py /path/to/your/git/repository 2024-01-25 America/Los_Angeles 2024-02-01 America/New_York

Usage with local Python Environment

source /home/username/code/python/git-commit-via-date-range/.venv/bin/activate
python /home/username/code/python/git-commit-via-date-range/git-commit-via-date-range.py