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authorSebastian Thiel <byronimo@gmail.com>2015-02-02 08:06:13 +0100
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An attempt to better steer questions and answers.
Currently, people put it onto the mailing list and on stack overflow [ci skip]
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### REQUIREMENTS
-* Git ( tested with 1.8.3.4 )
-* Python Nose - used for running the tests
- - Tested with nose 1.3.0
-* Mock by Michael Foord used for tests
- - Tested with 1.0.1
-* Coverage - used for tests coverage
+GitPython needs the `git` executable to be installed on the system and available in your `PATH` for most operations. If it is not in your `PATH`, you can help GitPython find it by setting the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=<path/to/git>` environment variable.
-The list of dependencies are listed in /requirements.txt and /test-requirements.txt. The installer takes care of installing them for you though.
+* Git (1.7.x or newer)
+
+The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`. The installer takes care of installing them for you.
### INSTALL
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### INFRASTRUCTURE
* [User Documentation](http://gitpython.readthedocs.org)
+* [Questions and Answers](http://stackexchange.com/filters/167317/gitpython)
+ * Please post on stackoverflow and use the `gitpython` tag
* [Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/git-python)
+ * Please use it for everything that doesn't fit Stackoverflow.
* [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues)
+ * Post reproducible bugs and feature requests as a new issue. Please be sure to provide the following information if posting bugs:
+ * GitPython version (e.g. `import git; git.__version__`)
+ * Python version (e.g. `python --version`)
+ * The encountered stack-trace, if applicable
+ * Enough information to allow reproducing the issue
### LICENSE