Clone a private git repo into a Daytona sandbox, branch, commit and push using the SDK git operations
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Documented steps
Obtain a running sandbox to host the repository.
Call sandbox.git.clone() with the repository URL and a destination path; the method also accepts optional username and password parameters for private HTTPS repositories, plus optional branch and commit id. Source those values from a Daytona secret rather than embedding them.
Verify the clone with sandbox.git.status(path), which returns current branch, upstream, detached state, ahead/behind counts and per-file status.
Enumerate branches with sandbox.git.branches(path).
Create a branch with sandbox.git.create_branch(path, name) (TypeScript createBranch).
Switch with sandbox.git.checkout_branch(path, branch_or_commit) (TypeScript checkoutBranch); remove one with delete_branch(path, name).
Stage with sandbox.git.add(path, files) — pass a specific list of file paths, or stage all changes.
Commit with sandbox.git.commit(path, message, author, email, allow_empty); allow_empty permits a commit with no changes.
Push with sandbox.git.push(path) and pull with sandbox.git.pull(path); both accept the same optional authentication parameters as clone, which are per-call and not inherited from it.
For repeated remote operations the docs describe a toolbox store endpoint at https://proxy.app.daytona.io/toolbox/{sandboxId}/git/credentials which records the host, protocol and account so later calls need no per-call parameters; note it writes to disk inside the sandbox. Official docs: https://www.daytona.io/docs/en/git-operations
Known gotchas
The toolbox store writes to disk inside the sandbox, so prefer per-call parameters sourced from Daytona secrets for anything sensitive.
Authentication parameters are not inherited between calls, so a clone that succeeded does not mean a later push will authenticate.
Every path argument is relative to the sandbox user's home directory unless it starts with a leading slash (workspace implies /home/[username]/workspace).
Method naming diverges across SDKs — Go uses PascalCase and names the checkout method Checkout() rather than CheckoutBranch().
These parameters cover HTTPS remotes only; SSH-key based remotes are a separate setup the SDK parameters do not configure.
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