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The repository
Everything starts either by creating a new repository, or by opening an existing one.
Contents
Creating a repository
pygit2.init_repository
Example:
>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> repo = init_repository('test') # Creates a non-bare repository
>>> repo = init_repository('test', bare=True) # Creates a bare repositoryThe Repository class
The Repository constructor only takes one argument, the path of the repository to open.
Example:
>>> from pygit2 import Repository >>> repo = Repository('pygit2/.git')
The API of the Repository class is quite large. Since this
documentation is orgaized by features, the related bits are explained in
the related chapters, for instance the :pypygit2.Repository.checkout method are explained in
the Checkout section.
Below there are some general attributes and methods:
pygit2.Repository.path
pygit2.Repository.workdir
pygit2.Repository.is_bare
pygit2.Repository.is_empty
pygit2.Repository.read
pygit2.Repository.write
Utilities
pygit2.discover_repository