import os
import subprocess
def execute_command(command, working_dir=None):
startupinfo = None
# hide console window on windows
if os.name == 'nt':
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
output = None
try:
output = subprocess.check_output(
command,
cwd=working_dir,
startupinfo=startupinfo
)
except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, AttributeError):
# Git will return an error when the given directory
# is not a repository, which means that we can ignore this error
pass
else:
output = str(output, encoding="utf-8").strip()
return output
