fix: Make the git-info python hook more robust

Body/AAUHuman/BodyModels/GenericBodyModel/git_info.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Tuple
+import subprocess
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -13,27 +14,57 @@ class AMSContext:
     call_location_file: str
 
 
-def git_info(context, fpath: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-    """Get the git head and commit of a file in the repository."""
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Tuple
+
+
+def git_info(context: tuple, fpath: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+    """
+    Get the git information of a repository.
+
+    Args:
+        context (tuple): The context of the function call.
+        fpath (str): The path to the git repository.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple[str, str]: A tuple containing the reference (branch or tag name) and the commit hash.
+
+    Raises:
+        subprocess.CalledProcessError: If the git command fails.
+        subprocess.TimeoutExpired: If the git command times out.
+    """
     context = AMSContext(*context)
     gitfolder = Path(fpath)
     if not gitfolder.is_absolute():
         gitfolder = Path(context.call_location_file).parent.joinpath(gitfolder)
 
-    head_file = gitfolder / "HEAD"
-    orig_head_file = gitfolder / "ORIG_HEAD"
-    fetch_head_file = gitfolder / "FETCH_HEAD"
+    if not gitfolder.is_dir():
+        return "unknown", "unknown"
 
-    if orig_head_file.is_file():
-        hashref = orig_head_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-    elif fetch_head_file.is_file():
-        hashref = fetch_head_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip().split("\t")[0]
-    else:
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["git", "--version"], capture_output=True, timeout=1, check=True)
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as e:
+        return "unknown", "unknown"
+
+    basecmd = ["git", "-C", f"{gitfolder.absolute()}"]
+    try:
+        cmd = basecmd + ["rev-parse", "HEAD"]
+        hashref = subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, timeout=2).strip()
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as e:
         hashref = "unknown"
 
-    if head_file.is_file():
-        ref = head_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-    else:
-        ref = "unknown"
+    try:
+        cmd = basecmd + ["symbolic-ref", "-q", "--short", "HEAD"]
+        branch_name = subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, timeout=2).strip()
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as e:
+        branch_name = None
+
+    try:
+        cmd = basecmd + ["describe", "--tags", "--always"]
+        tag_name = subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, timeout=2).strip()
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as e:
+        tag_name = "unknown"
 
+    ref = branch_name or tag_name
     return ref, hashref