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James McMahon
James McMahon

Reputation: 49649

Reverting local changes to a file using GItPython

Is there a way under the GitPython library to revert local changes to a single file?

Under the Git command line I would just use git checkout filename but attempting to do this under the GitPython API, like so

repo.index.checkout([filename])

leads to the following error,

git.exc.CheckoutError: Some files could not be checked out from the index due to local modifications:['foo']

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2505

Answers (1)

James McMahon
James McMahon

Reputation: 49649

Ah, figured it out a few minutes after posting by looking at the source.

If I turn on force by using repo.index.checkout([filename]. force=True) it works fine.

There may be a better way, but according to the source the force parameter is just there to overwrite local changes.

:param force:
If True, existing files will be overwritten even if they contain local modifications.
If False, these will trigger a CheckoutError.

Upvotes: 1

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