GitPython and SSH Keys?

Question

How can I use GitPython along with specific SSH Keys?

The documentation isn\'t very thorough on that subject. The only thing I\'ve tried so far is Repo(path)

Answer 1

I've found this to make things a bit more like the way git works in the shell by itself.

import os
from git import Git, Repo

global_git = Git()
global_git.update_environment(
    **{ k: os.environ[k] for k in os.environ if k.startswith('SSH') }
)

It basically is copying the SSH environment variables to GitPython's "shadow" environment. It then uses the common SSH-AGENT authentication mechanisms so you don't have to worry about specifying exactly which key it is.

For a quicker alternative which carries probably a lot of cruft with it, but it works too:

import os
from git import Git

global_git = Git()
global_git.update_environment(**os.environ)

That mirrors your entire environment, more like the way a subshell works in bash.

Either way, any future call to create a repo or clone picks up the 'adjusted' environment and does the standard git authentication.

No shim scripts necessary.