Git2JSON

Convert git logs to JSON for easier analysis.

• Free software: BSD license
• Documentation: http://git2json.rtfd.org.

Installation

The easiest way to install git2json is through pip:

pip install git2json

If you want the most up-to-date version (at a greater risk of encountering bugs) you can clone this repository and install it manually:

git clone https://github.com/tarmstrong/git2json.git
cd git2json
python setup.py install

Usage

usage: git2json [-h] [--git-dir GIT_DIR] [--since SINCE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --git-dir GIT_DIR  Path to the .git/ directory of the repository you are
                     targeting
  --since SINCE      Show commits more recent than a specific date. If
                     present, this argument is passed through to "git log"
                     unchecked.
  --args SRCS        Pass additional arguments to git log

usage: git2json [-h] [--git-dir GIT_DIR]

The resulting JSON log is printed to standard output.

Example JSON

The following shows the structure of the JSON emitted by the tool.

[{
    "committer": {
        "date": 1379903278,
        "timezone": "-0400",
        "name": "Tavish Armstrong",
        "email": "tavisharmstrong@gmail.com"
    },
    "parents": ["e307663594031738c932877c8589552d5aafc953"],
    "author": {
        "date": 1379903278,
        "timezone": "-0400",
        "name": "Tavish Armstrong",
        "email": "tavisharmstrong@gmail.com"
    },
    "tree": "bd03127651335e3a51241f507f3bf194d8336485",
    "commit": "d06454c160218b4a782afad2429abda1add54df0",
    "message": "Allow user to specify git-dir on the command line.",
    "changes": [
        [23, 3, "git2json/__init__.py"]
    ]
    },
    // ... More commits
    ]

Usage Examples

• How Long Does It Take To Review an IPython Pull Request? by Tavish Armstrong (git2json author)

If you are using git2json in interesting ways, please share and I will add your notebooks/blog posts/code to this list.