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ethanwhite/git_head_hash.py

Created June 29, 2014 02:56
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Get hash of current git HEAD using Python built-ins
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git_head_hash.py
import subprocess
process = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'], shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
git_head_hash = process.communicate()[0].strip()
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Still works for me. Also on Ubuntu 22.04. Python 3.10.10.

Python 3.10.10 (main, Mar 21 2023, 18:45:11) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux
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>>> import subprocess
>>> 
>>> process = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'], shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
>>> git_head_hash = process.communicate()[0].strip()
>>> git_head_hash
b'37982577eca010a03dd5b5e23fe30be8f42da9ed'

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