mythmon · November 18, 2013 22:14 · Nov 18, 2013
diff --git a/githelper.py b/githelper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+def to_cli_args(*args, **kwargs):
+    cmd = []
+    for k, v in kwargs.items():
+        short = len(k) == 1
+        if short:
+            cmd.append('-' + k)
+            if v is not True:
+                cmd.append(v)
+        else:
+            if v is True:
+                cmd.append('--' + k)
+            else:
+                cmd.append('--{0}={1}'.format(k, v))
+
+    cmd.extend(args)
+    return cmd
+
+
+class Git(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, cmd=None):
+        self.current = list(cmd) if cmd else ['git']
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cmd = self.current + to_cli_args(*args, **kwargs)
+        return subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('utf8')
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        name = name.replace('_', '-')
+        return Git(self.current + [name])
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.current)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<git.Git object {0}>'.format(str(self))
+