Converts git commits to JSON using pygit2

gitlogjson.py

import json
import sys
from datetime import datetime

import pygit2


def main(repository):
    repo = pygit2.Repository(repository)

    commits = []

    for commit in repo.walk(repo.head.oid, pygit2.GIT_SORT_TIME):
        commits.append({
            'hash': commit.hex,
            'message': commit.message,
            'commit_date': datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
                commit.commit_time).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'),
            'author_name': commit.author.name,
            'author_email': commit.author.email,
            'parents': [c.hex for c in commit.parents],
        })

    print(json.dumps(commits, indent=2))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("USAGE: {0} <repository>".format(__file__))
        sys.exit(0)

    main(sys.argv[1])