Run unittest over a range of commits

unittest_commit_range.py

import subprocess
import sys


def generate_commit(data_txt):
    for line in data_txt.splitlines():
        yield line.split()[0]


def main(git_path, start_commit, end_commit, python_path, unittest_file_path):
    completed_process = subprocess.run([git_path, 'log', '--oneline', start_commit + '..' + end_commit], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    for commit_txt in generate_commit(completed_process.stdout):
        print(commit_txt.decode('utf-8'))
        # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/606191/convert-byto-to-a-string
        subprocess.run([git_path, 'checkout', commit_txt.decode('utf-8')])
        subprocess.run([python_path, '-m', 'unittest', unittest_file_path])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(*sys.argv[1:])