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pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python
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Pygit2 is a set of Python bindings to the libgit2 shared library, libgit2
implements the core of Git. Pygit2 works with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2 and
3.3
Pygit2 links:
- http://github.com/libgit2/pygit2 -- Source code and issue tracker
- http://www.pygit2.org/ -- Documentation
- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pygit2 -- Download
Quick install guide
===================
1. Checkout the libgit2 stable branch::
$ git clone git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git -b master
2. Build and install libgit2
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/#building-libgit2---using-cmake
3. Install pygit2 with *pip*::
$ pip install pygit2
For detailed instructions check the documentation,
http://www.pygit2.org/install.html
Contributing
============
Fork libgit2/pygit2 on GitHub, make it awesomer (preferably in a branch named
for the topic), send a pull request.
Authors
==============
52 developers have contributed at least 1 commit to pygit2::
J. David Ibáñez Andrey Devyatkin
Nico von Geyso Ben Davis
Carlos Martín Nieto Hervé Cauwelier
W. Trevor King Huang Huang
Dave Borowitz Jared Flatow
Daniel Rodríguez Troitiño Jiunn Haur Lim
Richo Healey Sarath Lakshman
Christian Boos Vicent Marti
Julien Miotte Zoran Zaric
Martin Lenders Andrew Chin
Xavier Delannoy András Veres-Szentkirályi
Yonggang Luo Benjamin Kircher
Valentin Haenel Benjamin Pollack
Xu Tao Bryan O'Sullivan
Bernardo Heynemann David Fischer
John Szakmeister David Sanders
Brodie Rao Eric Davis
Petr Hosek Eric Schrijver
David Versmisse Erik van Zijst
Rémi Duraffort Ferengee
Sebastian Thiel Hugh Cole-Baker
Fraser Tweedale Josh Bleecher Snyder
Han-Wen Nienhuys Jun Omae
Petr Viktorin Ridge Kennedy
Alex Chamberlain Rui Abreu Ferreira
Amit Bakshi pistacchio
Changelog
==============
0.20.0 (2013-11-24)
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API changes:
- Renamed ``Repository.head_is_orphaned`` to ``Repository.head_is_unborn``
- ``Repository.listall_references`` and ``Repository.listall_branches`` now
return a list, instead of a tuple
- The prototype of ``clone_repository`` changed from::
# Before
pygit2.clone_repository(url, path, bare=False, remote_name='origin',
push_url=None, fetch_spec=None, push_spec=None,
checkout_branch=None)
# Now
pygit2.clone_repository(url, path, bare=False, ignore_cert_errors=False,
remote_name='origin', checkout_branch=None)
New API:
- Added support for blame
- New:
- ``Reference.log_append(...)``
- ``Reference.shorthand``
- ``Blog.is_binary``
- ``len(Diff)``
- ``Patch.additions``
- ``Patch.deletions``
- ``Patch.is_binary``
License
==============
**GPLv2 with linking exception.**
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License,
the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled
version of this file into combinations with other programs,
and to distribute those combinations without any restriction
coming from the use of this file. (The General Public License
restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover
modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into
a combined executable.)
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.