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| author | Kostis Anagnostopoulos <ankostis@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 23:29:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Kostis Anagnostopoulos <ankostis@gmail.com> | 2016-09-28 03:35:38 +0200 |
| commit | 57550cce417340abcc25b20b83706788328f79bd (patch) | |
| tree | 5af860d47c90d2933c1ac0ca2436b895fbc8373f /README.md | |
| parent | 137ee6ef22c4e6480f95972ef220d1832cdc709a (diff) | |
| download | gitpython-57550cce417340abcc25b20b83706788328f79bd.tar.gz | |
appveyor: Try to fix conda-3.4 & READM line-wdith
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@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@ ## GitPython -GitPython is a python library used to interact with git repositories, high-level like git-porcelain, or low-level like git-plumbing. +GitPython is a python library used to interact with git repositories, high-level like git-porcelain, +or low-level like git-plumbing. -It provides abstractions of git objects for easy access of repository data, and additionally allows you to access the git repository more directly using either a pure python implementation, or the faster, but more resource intensive git command implementation. +It provides abstractions of git objects for easy access of repository data, and additionally +allows you to access the git repository more directly using either a pure python implementation, +or the faster, but more resource intensive *git command* implementation. -The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of objects and large datasets, which is achieved by using low-level structures and data streaming. +The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of objects and large datasets, +which is achieved by using low-level structures and data streaming. ### REQUIREMENTS -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. +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. * Git (1.7.x or newer) * Python 2.7 to 3.5, while python 2.6 is supported on a *best-effort basis*. -The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`. The installer takes care of installing them for you. +The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`. +The installer takes care of installing them for you. ### INSTALL @@ -92,7 +100,8 @@ Please have a look at the [contributions file][contributing]. * [Questions and Answers](http://stackexchange.com/filters/167317/gitpython) * Please post on stackoverflow and use the `gitpython` tag * [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: + * 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 @@ -121,7 +130,8 @@ New BSD License. See the LICENSE file. [](https://waffle.io/gitpython-developers/GitPython) [](https://waffle.io/gitpython-developers/GitPython/metrics/throughput) -Now that there seems to be a massive user base, this should be motivation enough to let git-python return to a proper state, which means +Now that there seems to be a massive user base, this should be motivation enough to let git-python +return to a proper state, which means * no open pull requests * no open issues describing bugs |