git-dibs-sdk

If you're reading this, you're already in too deep. Yes, I really made a python sdk for the useless utility that is "Git Dibs". It points at https://gitdibs.com by default.

Install

python -m pip install git-dibs-sdk

Quick Start

from git_dibs_sdk import DibsAlreadyCalledError, GitDibsClient

client = GitDibsClient()

dibs = client.get_dibs("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
if dibs is None:
    print("commit is available")
else:
    print(dibs.reserved_by, dibs.upvote_count)

try:
    created = client.call_dibs(
        commit_hash="bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb",
        reserved_by="bb",
    )
    print(created.hash)
except DibsAlreadyCalledError as error:
    print(error)

Client Surface

from git_dibs_sdk import GitDibsClient

client = GitDibsClient(
    base_url="https://gitdibs.com",
    timeout=10.0,
)

Available methods:

• get_dibs(commit_hash: str) -> Dibs | None
• call_dibs(commit_hash: str, reserved_by: str) -> Dibs
• list_recent_dibs() -> list[Dibs]
• list_popular_dibs() -> list[Dibs]
• search_dibs(*, query: str | None = None, after: str | None = None, limit: int | None = None) -> DibsSearchResult
• upvote_commit(commit_hash: str, voter_fingerprint: str) -> UpvoteResult

Dibs fields:

• hash: str Full 40-character lowercase SHA-1 commit hash. Example: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
• reserved_at_utc: str Reservation timestamp in UTC as an ISO 8601 string. Example: "2026-03-28T00:00:00.000Z"
• reserved_by: str Alphanumeric caller name recorded by the API. Example: "AndyG"
• upvote_count: int Current number of upvotes for the dibs entry. Example: 7

DibsSearchResult fields:

• dibs: list[Dibs] Page of dibs results returned by the search endpoint. Example: [Dibs(...), Dibs(...)]
• query: str | None Hex prefix used to filter results, or None when listing all dibs. Example: "deadbeef"
• after: str | None Full 40-character cursor hash used to continue pagination, or None on the first page. Example: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
• limit: int Maximum number of results requested for the page. Example: 10
• has_more: bool Whether another page of results exists after this one. Example: True
• next_after: str | None Cursor to pass as after for the next page, or None when there are no more results. Example: "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"

UpvoteResult fields:

• applied: bool Whether this request added a new upvote rather than hitting an existing deduplicated vote. Example: True
• upvote_count: int Current upvote count for the dibs entry after the request. Example: 8

Error Handling

All transport, HTTP, and response-shape failures are raised as GitDibsError subclasses.

• DibsAlreadyCalledError: the commit is already reserved
• GitDibsHttpError: a non-success HTTP response came back from the API

Example:

from git_dibs_sdk import DibsAlreadyCalledError, GitDibsError, GitDibsClient

client = GitDibsClient()

try:
    client.call_dibs(
        "cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
        "TestUser2",
    )
except DibsAlreadyCalledError as error:
    print(error.commit_hash, error.reserved_by)
except GitDibsError as error:
    print(f"request failed: {error}")

API Notes

This SDK matches the current Git Dibs API contract:

• GET /api/dibs/<commit>
• GET /api/dibs/recent
• GET /api/dibs/popular
• GET /api/dibs/search?q=<optional-prefix>&after=<optional-full-commit>&limit=<optional-1-to-50>
• POST /api/dibs
• POST /api/upvotes

Lookup returns 204 No Content when a commit is available and 200 OK with a dibs payload when it is reserved.