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

If you're using Python 3.5+ prefer subprocess.run to subprocess.Popen for scenarios it can handle. For example:

import subprocess
subprocess.run(["git", "pull"], check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout