Source code for libka.gitattributes

#!/usr/bin/python3
# kate: space-indent on; indent-width 4; replace-tabs on; indent-mode python; remove-trailing-space modified;
# vim: expandtab ts=4

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#   Copyright © 2016-2018 José Manuel Santamaría Lema <panfaust@gmail.com> #
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#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify   #
#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by   #
#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or      #
#   (at your option) any later version.                                    #
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import os

from git import Repo

# Returns 0 on success, non-zero on error


def create_gitattibutes_file(verbose=False):
    if not os.path.exists('debian/'):
        if verbose:
            print("No debian/ directory found.")
        return 1
    if os.path.exists("debian/.gitattributes"):
        if verbose:
            print("The file debian/.gitattributes already exists, not touching it.")
        return 1
    attr_file = open('debian/.gitattributes','w')
    print("changelog merge=dpkg-mergechangelogs", file=attr_file)
    return 0


# Returns 0 on success, non-zero on error


def create_gitattributes_file_and_commit(verbose=False):

    #Exit if we couldn't create the file
    ret = create_gitattibutes_file(verbose)
    if ret != 0:
        return ret

    #Commit the changes to git    
    try:
        repo = Repo(".")
    except:
        print("Couldn't open git repository")
        return 1
    repo.index.add(['debian/.gitattributes'])
    repo.index.commit("NOCI\nCreate debian/.gitattributes file with the changelog merge driver.")
    return 0