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+**********************************************************************
+Quick examples
+**********************************************************************
+
+A list of some common command-line operations and their pygit2 equivalents.
+
+Creating a new repository with ``git init``
+
+    >>> pygit2.init_repository('repo_name', False)
+    <pygit2.repository.Repository object at 0x10f08b680>
+
+Viewing a commit with ``git show d370f56``
+
+    >>> repo = pygit2.Repository('/path/to/repository')
+    >>> commit = repo['d370f56']
+
+Viewing the last commit message
+
+    >>> repo[repo.head.oid].message
+    'commit message'
+
+Traversing the commit history with ``git log``
+
+    >>> last = repo[repo.head.oid]
+    >>> for commit in repo.walk(last.oid, pygit2.GIT_SORT_TIME):
+    >>>     print(commit.message) # or some other operation
+
+Listing all branches with ``git branch``
+
+    >>> regex = re.compile('^refs/heads/')
+    >>> filter(lambda r: regex.match(r), repo.listall_references())
+
+Similarly, listing all tags with ``git tag``
+
+    >>> regex = re.compile('^refs/tags')
+    >>> filter(lambda r: regex.match(r), repo.listall_references())
+
+Listing all files in the last commit
+
+    >>> for e in repo[repo.head.oid].tree:
+    >>>     print(e.name)
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    :maxdepth: 1
 
    install
+   examples
 
 Usage guide: