libgit2/pygit2

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Python bindings for libgit2

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Last GitHub push: Sep 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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184 open issues indexed

Repository.create_note() does not accept bytes Open

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libgit2/pygit2#1021 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 20, 2020
Error when trying to run gitfs Open

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libgit2/pygit2#1018 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 7, 2020
algos to sort the entries:readme-edits Open

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libgit2/pygit2#1006 · 1 comment · Opened May 10, 2020
Bugs in python backend Open

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libgit2/pygit2#1004 · 7 comments · Opened May 6, 2020
repo.walk in thread hangs the main thread Open

support

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libgit2/pygit2#1003 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2020
RTD autoupdate? Open

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libgit2/pygit2#997 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2020
"ValueError: attempt to reinitialize" error from Repository.update_submodules() Open

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libgit2/pygit2#995 · Opened Apr 2, 2020
Add SSH support on Windows platforms Open

packaging

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libgit2/pygit2#994 · 17 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2020
Can not walk over a repository with detached HEAD Open

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libgit2/pygit2#993 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2020
Create new branch without a commit? Open

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libgit2/pygit2#992 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2020
_pygit2.GitError: reference 'refs/heads/master' not found Open

support

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libgit2/pygit2#981 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 26, 2020
Support: How can I access the commit history of a bare git repo from pygit2 (article linked) Open

support

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libgit2/pygit2#971 · Opened Feb 9, 2020
Replace members by getters Open

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libgit2/pygit2#969 · Opened Jan 27, 2020
Repository.create_reference only accepts str and not bytes Open

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libgit2/pygit2#966 · Opened Dec 30, 2019
'Failed to create commit: current tip is not the first parent' for basic commit Open

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libgit2/pygit2#956 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 22, 2019
KeypairFromAgent throws fetch into an infinite loop Open

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libgit2/pygit2#953 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 14, 2019
RuntimeError if submodule has no branch Open

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libgit2/pygit2#952 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 14, 2019
_pygit2.GitError: failed to parse commit e442edaa7d02afcf97f1f2976ab413dab8283b1d - cannot parse commit ti me Open

libgit2

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libgit2/pygit2#947 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 10, 2019
[question] How to apply a patch in a cloned repository Open

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libgit2/pygit2#944 · Opened Sep 24, 2019
Cannot delete a remote with multiple fetch refspecs Open

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libgit2/pygit2#939 · Opened Sep 14, 2019
Expose GIT_DIRECTION constants; ability to remove refspecs Open

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libgit2/pygit2#938 · Opened Sep 6, 2019
Expose git_commit_amend Open

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libgit2/pygit2#937 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 6, 2019
blame at commit support Open

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libgit2/pygit2#933 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2019
Signature email requires ASCII on Python 2 but requires Unicode only "str" on Python 3 Open

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libgit2/pygit2#932 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 16, 2019
Index.__getitem__ breaks with bytes on Python 3 Open

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libgit2/pygit2#931 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 16, 2019
git log tag1..tag2 with pygit2 Open

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libgit2/pygit2#930 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2019
Documentation is missing pygit2 install from repository checkout instructions Open

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libgit2/pygit2#929 · Opened Jul 30, 2019
repository.diff passing id_abbrev=40 Open

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libgit2/pygit2#928 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 24, 2019
Incorrectly decoded strings in Repository.path and Repository.workdir when using Python 3 on Windows Open

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libgit2/pygit2#927 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 23, 2019
Connect to a git server in port other than 22 Open

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libgit2/pygit2#926 · Opened Jul 18, 2019
Global config cannot be set if ~/.gitconfig does not exist yet Open

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libgit2/pygit2#915 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2019
Help Required: what is git tag -v <<tag_id>> equivalent API Open

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libgit2/pygit2#913 · Opened May 29, 2019
What is the "ptr" referencing in push function? Open

support

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libgit2/pygit2#912 · 2 comments · Opened May 24, 2019
Repository object init with literal GIT_DIR Open

feature

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libgit2/pygit2#906 · 2 comments · Opened May 9, 2019
Example of git tag --points-at <object>? Open

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libgit2/pygit2#897 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 10, 2019
Consistent interface to get text and bytes Open

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libgit2/pygit2#895 · 8 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2019
How to efficiently generating the diffstat? Open

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libgit2/pygit2#894 · Opened Mar 29, 2019
"create remote" documentation Open

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libgit2/pygit2#892 · Opened Mar 20, 2019
[packaging] Implement SCM-based versioning via `setuptools-scm` Open

packaging

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libgit2/pygit2#870 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2019
branch upstream_name InvalidRefSpec error on literal remote values for branch Open

libgit2

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libgit2/pygit2#865 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 20, 2019
tag objects from references Open

feature

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libgit2/pygit2#856 · 12 comments · Opened Dec 31, 2018
pygit2.RemoteCallbacks.push_update_reference doesn't get full error message Open

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libgit2/pygit2#844 · 4 reactions · Opened Dec 6, 2018
checking to see if diffFile is a submodule. Open

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libgit2/pygit2#838 · Opened Nov 11, 2018
Is public key required? Open

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libgit2/pygit2#837 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2018
ValueError `repo.branches.get('branch_no_exist/')` trailing slashes in branch names Open

bug

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libgit2/pygit2#832 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2018
test_no_context_lines fails on Big Endian Open

bug

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libgit2/pygit2#812 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2018
add Object.__eq__ and Object.__hash__ Open

feature

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libgit2/pygit2#802 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 17, 2018
Does pygit2 implements 'git push --mirror'? Open

feature

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libgit2/pygit2#801 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 13, 2018
update_submodules duplicates Open

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libgit2/pygit2#792 · 6 comments · Opened May 2, 2018
get git repository files with pygit2 Open

support

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libgit2/pygit2#791 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2018

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