Python bindings for libgit2.
Project description
Pygit2 is a set of Python bindings to the libgit2 shared library, libgit2 implements the core of Git. Pygit2 works with Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and pypy.
It is likely to work with Python 2.6 and 3.1, but these versions are not officially supported.
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.
Changelog
0.21.0 (2014-06-27)
Highlights:
Drop official support for Python 2.6, and add support for Python 3.4 #376
Upgrade to libgit2 v0.21.0 #374
Backward incompatible changes:
Replace oid by id through the API to follow libgit2 conventions.
Merge API overhaul following changes in libgit2.
New Remote.rename(...) replaces Remote.name = ...
Now Remote.fetch() returns a TransferProgress object.
Now Config.get_multivar(...) returns an iterator instead of a list.
New features:
New Config.snapshot() and Repository.config_snapshot()
New Config methods: get_bool(...), get_int(...), parse_bool(...) and parse_int(...) #357
Blob: implement the memory buffer interface #362
New clone_into(...) function #368
Now Index can be used alone, without a repository #372
Add more options to init_repository #347
Support Repository.workdir = ... and support setting detached heads Repository.head = <Oid> #377
Other:
0.20.3 (2014-04-02)
Compatibility fixes for PyPy (#338), Visual Studio 2008 (#343) and Python 3.3 (#351)
Make the sort mode parameter in Repository.walk(...) optional #337
New Object.peel(...) #342
New Index.add_all(...) #344
Introduce support for libgit2 options #350
More informative repr for Repository objects #352
Introduce support for credentials #354
Tests, remove temporary files #341
0.20.2 (2014-02-04)
Repository:
New Repository.default_signature #310
Oid:
New str(Oid) deprecates Oid.hex #322
Object:
New Object.id deprecates Object.oid #322
New TreeEntry.id deprecates TreeEntry.oid #322
New Blob.diff(...) and Blob.diff_to_buffer(...) #307
Index:
Now possible to create IndexEntry(...) #325
Now IndexEntry.path, IndexEntry.oid and IndexEntry.mode are writable #325
Now Index.add(...) accepts an IndexEntry too #325
Now Index.write_tree(...) is able to write to a different repository #325
Fix memory leak in IndexEntry.path setter #335
Config:
Remote:
New type Refspec #314
New Remote.push_url #315
New Remote.fetch_refspecs replaces Remote.get_fetch_refspecs() and Remote.set_fetch_refspecs(...) #319
New Remote.push_refspecs replaces Remote.get_push_refspecs() and Remote.set_push_refspecs(...) #319
New Remote.progress, Remote.transfer_progress and Remote.update_tips #274 #324
Other: #331
0.20.1 (2013-12-24)
0.20.0 (2013-11-24)
Upgrade to libgit2 v0.20.0: #288
New Repository.head_is_unborn replaces Repository.head_is_orphaned
Changed pygit2.clone_repository(...). Drop push_url, fetch_spec and push_spec parameters. Add ignore_cert_errors.
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.
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