MAINT: add utility

utils/ref_to_commit.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+replaces git branch names with the newest commit hash using gitlab api
+"""
+import argparse
+
+import requests
+
+
+_REPOS = {
+    "SERVER": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/100",
+    "WEBUI": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/98",
+    "PYLIB": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/97",
+    "MYSQLBACKEND": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/101",
+    "PYINT": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/99",
+    "CPPLIB": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/107",
+    "CPPINT": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/111",
+    "ADVANCEDUSERTOOLS": "https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/104"
+}
+
+def get_remote(repository):
+    return _REPOS[repository]
+
+
+def ref_to_commit(repository, reference):
+    remote = get_remote(repository)
+    r = requests.get(remote+"/repository/branches/"+reference).json()
+
+    if "name" in r:
+        return r["commit"]["short_id"]
+
+    return reference
+
+
+def define_parser():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("repository")
+    parser.add_argument("reference")
+
+    return parser
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = define_parser()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    ret = ref_to_commit(repository=args.repository, reference=args.reference)
+    print(ret)