The repository

pygit2.init_repository

This is how to create non-bare repository:

>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> repo = init_repository('test')

And this is how to create a bare repository:

>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> repo = init_repository('test', bare=True)

But one can also do:

>>> from pygit2 import init_repository
>>> repo = init_repository('test', True)

pygit2.discover_repository

pygit2.Repository