How can I call 'git pull' from within Python?

Question

Using the github webhooks, I would like to be able to pull any changes to a remote development server. At the moment, when in the appropriate directory, git pull

Answer 1

Have you considered using GitPython? It's designed to handle all this nonsense for you.

import git 

g = git.cmd.Git(git_dir)
g.pull()

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython