ISISComputingGroup/IBEX

HotfixStatusChecker: improvements

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#9,003 opened on Aug 7, 2026

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Description

  • Use gitpython instead of executing things like cd ... && git ... using a shell and parsing the result.
  • Use the normal python logging infrastructure instead of print("DEBUG: ...")
  • Migrate to a standard pyproject.toml setup

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Inspect the HotfixStatusChecker source, identify shell out git calls and replace them with gitpython. Convert print debug lines to logging. Finally, configure the project with pyproject.toml.
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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PythonGit
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75