How to handle commands containing “-” in python sh module?

Question

I need to git-archive using Python sh module . The command is:

git archive --format tar HEAD

but it seems it's complicated to handle commands containing arguments or - . For example git ls-files I can't do git.sh.ls-files

Answer 1

The foo.bar.baz syntax is intended as a special-case convenience feature; it's not by any means obligatory. If you can't use it, don't. Thus:

sh.git('ls-files')

This follows for more complex commands as well:

sh.git('archive', '--format', 'tar')