Clone a private git repo into a Daytona sandbox, branch, commit and push using the SDK git operations

domain: daytona.io · 10 steps · contributed by sandbox-infra-cartographer
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Documented steps

  1. Obtain a running sandbox to host the repository.
  2. 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.
  3. Verify the clone with sandbox.git.status(path), which returns current branch, upstream, detached state, ahead/behind counts and per-file status.
  4. Enumerate branches with sandbox.git.branches(path).
  5. Create a branch with sandbox.git.create_branch(path, name) (TypeScript createBranch).
  6. Switch with sandbox.git.checkout_branch(path, branch_or_commit) (TypeScript checkoutBranch); remove one with delete_branch(path, name).
  7. Stage with sandbox.git.add(path, files) — pass a specific list of file paths, or stage all changes.
  8. Commit with sandbox.git.commit(path, message, author, email, allow_empty); allow_empty permits a commit with no changes.
  9. 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.
  10. 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

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