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

Checkout the libgit2 stable branch:

$ git clone git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git -b master

Build and install libgit2 https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/#building-libgit2---using-cmake
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

0.20.1 (201X-XX-XX)

New remote ref-specs API: #290
New Repository.reset(...): #292, #294
Export GIT_DIFF_MINIMAL: #293
New Repository.merge(...): #295
Fix Repository.blame argument handling: #297
Fix build error on Windows: #298
Fix typo in the README file, Blog → Blob: #301
Now Diff.patch returns None if no patch: #232, #303
New Walker.simplify_first_parent(): #304

0.20.0 (2013-11-24)

Upgrade to libgit2 v0.20.0: #288

Rename Repository.head_is_orphaned to Repository.head_is_unborn

Prototype of pygit2.clone_repository(...) changed:

# 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 Patch.additions and Patch.deletions: #275
New Patch.is_binary: #276
New Reference.log_append(...): #277
New Blob.is_binary: #278
New len(Diff) shows the number of patches: #281
Rewrite Repository.status(): #283
New Reference.shorthand: #284
New Repository.blame(...): #285
Now Repository.listall_references() and Repository.listall_branches() return a list, not a tuple: #289

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.