Generate a git repo out of a python packages releases

newrelic_to_git.py

import os
import subprocess
import sys
import requests
from pip.index import PackageFinder

p = PackageFinder([], ["https://pypi.python.org/simple"], session=requests.Session())
versions = p._find_all_versions("newrelic")
versions = sorted(
    versions,
    key=p._candidate_sort_key,
)


for v in versions:
    print v

    subprocess.check_call([
        "wget",
        v.location.url_without_fragment,
    ])

    basename = os.path.basename(v.location.url_without_fragment)

    subprocess.check_call([
        "git",
        "import-orig",
        "-u", v.version.public,
        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), basename),
    ], cwd="../newrelic")