Detect and pull all github branches

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Can i detect all branches in my github repos? I'd like to write a .sh script that loops thru the branches and pulls each one.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '11 at 15:08

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The github2 module for Python provides an API library with commands for listing the branches in a repo, see this documentation.

If Python isn't your thing, take a look at the list of libraries for other languages.

answered Jul 26 '11 at 15:08

seanhodges

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Great. And here is the command. GET /repos/:user/:repo/branches – Boz Jul 26 '11 at 17:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '11 at 20:23

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git fetch will bring down all branches from the remote repo. Note that it will not pull the branches, pull is fetch + merge, which is probably not what you want to do.

answered Jul 26 '11 at 20:23

Tekkub

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I need to detect and then pull each branch into a separate folder. Look at this post to see when I asked this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6803119/testing-previewing-github-branches-on-a-dev-server any comments welcome. – Boz Jul 26 '11 at 20:38
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This might be what you're after then: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6270193/multiple-working-directories-with-git – Tekkub Jul 27 '11 at 05:04

Detect and pull all github branches

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