On Windows, without git available on path, the following happens on import of GitPython:
[package stack]
from git.exc import GitError
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
from git.repo import Repo # @NoMove @IgnorePep8
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\repo\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .base import *
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\repo\base.py", line 31, in <module>
from git.remote import Remote, add_progress, to_progress_instance
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\remote.py", line 190, in <module>
class FetchInfo(object):
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\remote.py", line 219, in FetchInfo
v = Git().version_info[:2]
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 461, in version_info
return self._version_info
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 424, in __getattr__
return LazyMixin.__getattr__(self, name)
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\gitdb\util.py", line 256, in __getattr__
self._set_cache_(attr)
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 444, in _set_cache_
version_numbers = self._call_process('version').split(' ')[2]
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 877, in _call_process
return self.execute(call, **exec_kwargs)
File "C:\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 602, in execute
raise GitCommandNotFound(command, err)
git.exc.GitCommandNotFound: Cmd('git') not found due to: FileNotFoundError('[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified')
cmdline: git versionSince it fails while trying to import the exception type that it raises (GitError), the only way to catch the error is with a try: ... except Exception: block, which is needlessly wide. It would be nice if a better pattern was available for conditional use of the package.
On Windows, without git available on path, the following happens on import of GitPython:
Since it fails while trying to import the exception type that it raises (
GitError), the only way to catch the error is with atry: ... except Exception:block, which is needlessly wide. It would be nice if a better pattern was available for conditional use of the package.