def clone_repository()

in supporting-blog-content/github-assistant/index.py [0:0]

• 28 lines of code
• 7 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def clone_repository(owner, repo, branch, base_path="/tmp"):
    branch = branch or os.getenv("GITHUB_BRANCH")
    if not branch:
        raise ValueError(
            "Branch is not provided and GITHUB_BRANCH environment variable is not set."
        )

    local_repo_path = os.path.join(base_path, owner, repo)
    clone_url = f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}.git"

    if os.path.exists(local_repo_path):
        print(f"Repository already exists at {local_repo_path}. Skipping clone.")
        return local_repo_path

    attempts = 3

    for attempt in range(attempts):
        try:
            os.makedirs(local_repo_path, exist_ok=True)
            print(f"Attempting to clone repository... Attempt {attempt + 1}")
            subprocess.run(
                ["git", "clone", "-b", branch, clone_url, local_repo_path], check=True
            )
            print(f"Repository cloned into {local_repo_path}.")
            return local_repo_path
        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
            print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed, retrying...")
            time.sleep(10)
            if attempt < attempts - 1:
                continue
            else:
                raise Exception("Failed to clone repository after multiple attempts")