fix(post-gen-hook): populate project.yml with more accurate details

hooks/post_gen_project.py

@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@
 import pprint
 import subprocess
 import sys
-
-# Used indirectly in the below Jinja2 block
-from collections import OrderedDict  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from logging import basicConfig, getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import git
 import yaml
-from cookiecutter.repository import expand_abbreviations
 
 LOG_FORMAT = json.dumps(
     {
@@ -35,38 +31,31 @@
 
 def get_context() -> dict:
     """Return the context as a dict"""
+    import git
+    from cookiecutter.repository import expand_abbreviations
+
     cookiecutter = None
     timestamp = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).isoformat(timespec="seconds")
 
     ##############
     # This section leverages cookiecutter's jinja interpolation
-    # pylint: disable-next=unhashable-member
     cookiecutter_context_ordered: OrderedDict[str, str] = {{cookiecutter | pprint}}  # type: ignore
     cookiecutter_context: dict[str, str] = dict(cookiecutter_context_ordered)
-
-    project_name = cookiecutter_context["project_slug"]  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
-    project_description = cookiecutter_context["project_short_description"]  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
-    template = cookiecutter_context["_template"]  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
-    output = cookiecutter_context["_output_dir"]  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
     ##############
 
-    try:
-        if Path(template).is_absolute():
-            template_path: Path = Path(template).resolve()
-        else:
-            output_path: Path = Path(output).resolve()
-            template_path: Path = output_path.joinpath(template)
-
-        # IMPORTANT: If the specified template is remote (http/git/ssh) this SHOULD raise an exception. The remote logic is in the except block
-        repo: git.Repo = git.Repo(template_path)
+    project_name = cookiecutter_context["project_slug"]
+    project_description = cookiecutter_context["project_short_description"]
+    template = cookiecutter_context["_template"]
+    output = cookiecutter_context["_output_dir"]
+    # Get the branch specified via --checkout, but fall back to main
+    branch = cookiecutter_context.get("_checkout") or "main"
 
-        # Expect this is a local template
-        branch: str = str(repo.active_branch)
-        dirty: bool = repo.is_dirty(untracked_files=True)
-        template_commit_hash = git.cmd.Git().ls_remote(template_path, "HEAD")[:40]
-    except (git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError, git.exc.NoSuchPathError):
-        # This exception handling occurs every time the template repo is remote
+    # Check if template is a remote URL or abbreviation
+    is_remote_template = any(
+        template.startswith(prefix) for prefix in ["http://", "https://", "git@", "gh:", "gl:", "bb:"]
+    )
 
+    if is_remote_template:
         # From https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/blob/b4451231809fb9e4fc2a1e95d433cb030e4b9e06/cookiecutter/config.py#L22
         abbreviations: dict[str, str] = {
             "gh": "https://github.com/{0}.git",
@@ -75,11 +64,36 @@ def get_context() -> dict:
         }
         template_repo: str = expand_abbreviations(template, abbreviations)
 
-        # This currently assumes main until https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/issues/1759 is resolved
-        branch: str = "main"
         dirty: bool = False
 
+        # For remote templates, get the commit hash from the remote
         template_commit_hash = git.cmd.Git().ls_remote(template_repo, branch)[:40]
+        # Store the expanded URL as the template location
+        template_location = template_repo
+    else:
+        # This is a local template path
+        if Path(template).is_absolute():
+            template_path: Path = Path(template).resolve()
+        else:
+            output_path: Path = Path(output).resolve()
+            template_path: Path = output_path.joinpath(template).resolve()
+
+        try:
+            repo: git.Repo = git.Repo(template_path)
+
+            # Get info from the local repository
+            branch: str = str(repo.active_branch)
+            dirty: bool = repo.is_dirty(untracked_files=True)
+            # Get the actual commit hash from the local repository
+            template_commit_hash = repo.head.commit.hexsha
+            # Store the fully qualified template path for local templates
+            template_location = str(template_path)
+        except (git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError, git.exc.NoSuchPathError):
+            # Not a git repository, fall back to unknown values
+            branch = "unknown"
+            dirty = False
+            template_commit_hash = "unknown"
+            template_location = str(template_path)
 
     context: dict[str, str | dict[str, str | bool | dict[str, str | bool | dict[str, str]]]] = {}
     context["name"] = project_name
@@ -91,12 +105,12 @@ def get_context() -> dict:
     context["origin"]["template"]["branch"] = branch
     context["origin"]["template"]["commit hash"] = template_commit_hash
     context["origin"]["template"]["dirty"] = dirty
-    context["origin"]["template"]["location"] = template
+    context["origin"]["template"]["location"] = template_location
     context["origin"]["template"]["cookiecutter"] = {}
     context["origin"]["template"]["cookiecutter"] = cookiecutter_context
 
     # Filter out unwanted cookiecutter context
-    del cookiecutter_context["_output_dir"]  # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
+    del cookiecutter_context["_output_dir"]
 
     return context