Source code for langchain.document_loaders.git
import os
from typing import Callable, List, Optional
from langchain.docstore.document import Document
from langchain.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader
[docs]class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
    """Loads files from a Git repository into a list of documents.
    Repository can be local on disk available at `repo_path`,
    or remote at `clone_url` that will be cloned to `repo_path`.
    Currently supports only text files.
    Each document represents one file in the repository. The `path` points to
    the local Git repository, and the `branch` specifies the branch to load
    files from. By default, it loads from the `main` branch.
    """
    def __init__(
        self,
        repo_path: str,
        clone_url: Optional[str] = None,
        branch: Optional[str] = "main",
        file_filter: Optional[Callable[[str], bool]] = None,
    ):
        self.repo_path = repo_path
        self.clone_url = clone_url
        self.branch = branch
        self.file_filter = file_filter
[docs]    def load(self) -> List[Document]:
        try:
            from git import Blob, Repo  # type: ignore
        except ImportError as ex:
            raise ImportError(
                "Could not import git python package. "
                "Please install it with `pip install GitPython`."
            ) from ex
        if not os.path.exists(self.repo_path) and self.clone_url is None:
            raise ValueError(f"Path {self.repo_path} does not exist")
        elif self.clone_url:
            repo = Repo.clone_from(self.clone_url, self.repo_path)
            repo.git.checkout(self.branch)
        else:
            repo = Repo(self.repo_path)
rtdocs_stable/api.python.langchain.com/en/stable/_modules/langchain/document_loaders/git.html