Check If Branch Exists with gitPython🔗

The aim of this how-to-guide🏁 is to demo how to check for the branch existence with gitPython

STEPS

1. import git
2. assign branches to a variable with
   branches = git.Git().branch("-all").split()
3. test for membership with in or not in operator with e.g.
   >>> "master" in branches
>>> True

• this is returning True or False
• this is also not throwing exceptions

SOURCES🔗

• Is there a better way to find out if a local git branch exists? — Stack Overflow