No analysis without temporary clone?

[StephanSchmidt]

Is there a way to read the commit history of a remote repository without creating a temporary clone?

Or can this done without source files and a shallow copy?

[ishepard]

Hi @StephanSchmidt! Thanks for the question. I am not sure what you mean. You have 2 ways to analyse a Git repo, by manually cloning it before where you want and passing the path to Repository, or let pydriller cloning it in a temporary directory.

[StephanSchmidt]

I would like to read the commit log of a remote history without transffering the source files.

[ishepard]

Ah I see, no then it's not possible, the repository needs to be on local disk.

[ishepard]

If you don't need files, have a look at GHTorrent, it's a GitHub mirror with commits information.

[StephanSchmidt]

Thanks!