Need suggestions to get the git clone work from a ssh server using python script

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I would need little help here. I'm trying to get the git respository from my corporate server via ssh.

the command to run is git clone ssh://[email protected]/somefile.git/

I'm a newbie to python programming and looking out for some assistance.

def getRepository():
    command =  'ssh://[email protected]/somefile.git'
    clone_process = subprocess.Popen(['git','clone',command],stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    output,error = clone_process.communicate(input='password') 


if  __name__ == '__main__':
    getRepository()

During this process, it prompts for user password which I thought communicate(input='password') would take care but it does not.

Actually it takes some time to prompt for password and I have to read that line before I give the password as input. How do I achieve this?

I tried writing the stdout in a file and read the file till I get that line but that too did not work..

Also, when I enter the password manually I don't see the progress of downloading on the terminal. is there a way to get that too?

You could take a look at the mr.developer source code; that package manages git, hg, svn and bazaar checkouts from Python. At least the SVN plugin handles username and password prompting as well. — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 8:37

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:09:18Z

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Use pexpect module to provide interactive inputs

See one of my previous example for the answer: Simplest way to run expect script from python

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Vijay Over a year ago

Thanks Pyfunc.. I have used the pexpect module but stuck with an issue which i have put it on the following thread.. stackoverflow.com/questions/11208931/…

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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You can also use Paramiko module with a very nice API

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