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 GitPython Documentation
 =======================
 
-Contents:
-
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
 
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 Getting Started
 ===============
 
-* :ref:`tutorial_toplevel` - This tutorial provides a walk-through of some of
+* :ref:`tutorial-label` - This tutorial provides a walk-through of some of
   the basic functionality and concepts used in GitPython. It, however, is not
   exhaustive so you are encouraged to spend some time in the
   :ref:`api_reference_toplevel`.
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 .. _tutorial_toplevel:
 
+.. highlight:: python
+
+.. _tutorial-label:
+
 ==================
 GitPython Tutorial
 ==================
 
-GitPython provides object model access to your git repository. This tutorial is 
-composed of multiple sections, each of which explain a real-life usecase.
+GitPython provides object model access to your git repository. This tutorial is  composed of multiple sections, each of which explain a real-life usecase.
 
 Initialize a Repo object
 ************************
 
-The first step is to create a ``Repo`` object to represent your repository.
+The first step is to create a ``Repo`` object to represent your repository::
 
-    >>> from git import *
-    >>> repo = Repo("/Users/mtrier/Development/git-python")
+    from git import *
+    repo = Repo("/Users/mtrier/Development/git-python")
 
-In the above example, the directory ``/Users/mtrier/Development/git-python``
-is my working repository and contains the ``.git`` directory. You can also
-initialize GitPython with a bare repository.
+In the above example, the directory ``/Users/mtrier/Development/git-python`` is my working repository and contains the ``.git`` directory. You can also initialize GitPython with a bare repository::
 
-    >>> repo = Repo.create("/var/git/git-python.git")
+    repo = Repo.create("/var/git/git-python.git")
     
-A repo object provides high-level access to your data, it allows you to create
-and delete heads, tags and remotes and access the configuration of the 
-repository.
+A repo object provides high-level access to your data, it allows you to create and delete heads, tags and remotes and access the configuration of the  repository::
     
-    >>> repo.config_reader()        # get a config reader for read-only access
-    >>> repo.config_writer()        # get a config writer to change configuration 
+    repo.config_reader()        # get a config reader for read-only access
+    repo.config_writer()        # get a config writer to change configuration 
 
-Query the active branch, query untracked files or whether the repository data 
-has been modified.
+Query the active branch, query untracked files or whether the repository data  has been modified::
     
-    >>> repo.is_dirty()
+    repo.is_dirty()
     False
-    >>> repo.untracked_files()
+    repo.untracked_files()
     ['my_untracked_file']
     
-Clone from existing repositories or initialize new empty ones.
+Clone from existing repositories or initialize new empty ones::
 
-    >>> cloned_repo = repo.clone("to/this/path")
-    >>> new_repo = repo.init("path/for/new/repo")
+    cloned_repo = repo.clone("to/this/path")
+    new_repo = repo.init("path/for/new/repo")
     
-Archive the repository contents to a tar file.
+Archive the repository contents to a tar file::
 
-    >>> repo.archive(open("repo.tar",'w'))
+    repo.archive(open("repo.tar",'w'))
     
 Examining References
 ********************
 
-References are the tips of your commit graph from which you can easily examine 
-the history of your project.
+References are the tips of your commit graph from which you can easily examine  the history of your project::
 
-    >>> heads = repo.heads
-    >>> master = heads.master       # lists can be accessed by name for convenience
-    >>> master.commit               # the commit pointed to by head called master
-    >>> master.rename("new_name")   # rename heads
+    heads = repo.heads
+    master = heads.master       # lists can be accessed by name for convenience
+    master.commit               # the commit pointed to by head called master
+    master.rename("new_name")   # rename heads
     
-Tags are (usually immutable) references to a commit and/or a tag object.
-
-    >>> tags = repo.tags
-    >>> tagref = tags[0]
-    >>> tagref.tag                  # tags may have tag objects carrying additional information
-    >>> tagref.commit               # but they always point to commits
-    >>> repo.delete_tag(tagref)     # delete or
-    >>> repo.create_tag("my_tag")   # create tags using the repo for convenience
+Tags are (usually immutable) references to a commit and/or a tag object::
+
+    tags = repo.tags
+    tagref = tags[0]
+    tagref.tag                  # tags may have tag objects carrying additional information
+    tagref.commit               # but they always point to commits
+    repo.delete_tag(tagref)     # delete or
+    repo.create_tag("my_tag")   # create tags using the repo for convenience
     
-A symbolic reference is a special case of a reference as it points to another
-reference instead of a commit
+A symbolic reference is a special case of a reference as it points to another reference instead of a commit::
 
-    >>> head = repo.head            # the head points to the active branch/ref
-    >>> master = head.reference     # retrieve the reference the head points to
-    >>> master.commit               # from here you use it as any other reference
+    head = repo.head            # the head points to the active branch/ref
+    master = head.reference     # retrieve the reference the head points to
+    master.commit               # from here you use it as any other reference
 
 Modifying References
 ********************
-You can easily create and delete reference types or modify where they point to.
+You can easily create and delete reference types or modify where they point to::
 
-    >>> repo.delete_head('master')           # delete an existing head
-    >>> master = repo.create_head('master')  # create a new one
-    >>> master.commit = 'HEAD~10'            # set branch to another commit without changing index or working tree 
+    repo.delete_head('master')           # delete an existing head
+    master = repo.create_head('master')  # create a new one
+    master.commit = 'HEAD~10'            # set branch to another commit without changing index or working tree 
 
-Create or delete tags the same way except you may not change them afterwards
+Create or delete tags the same way except you may not change them afterwards::
 
-    >>> new_tag = repo.create_tag('my_tag', 'my message')
-    >>> repo.delete_tag(new_tag)
+    new_tag = repo.create_tag('my_tag', 'my message')
+    repo.delete_tag(new_tag)
     
-Change the symbolic reference to switch branches cheaply ( without adjusting the index
-or the working copy )
+Change the symbolic reference to switch branches cheaply ( without adjusting the index or the working copy )::
 
-    >>> new_branch = repo.create_head('new_branch')
-    >>> repo.head.reference = new_branch
+    new_branch = repo.create_head('new_branch')
+    repo.head.reference = new_branch
 
 Understanding Objects
 *********************
-An Object is anything storable in git's object database. Objects contain information
-about their type, their uncompressed size as well as the actual data. Each object is
-uniquely identified by a SHA1 hash, being 40 hexadecimal characters in size or 20 
-bytes in size.
+An Object is anything storable in git's object database. Objects contain information about their type, their uncompressed size as well as the actual data. Each object is uniquely identified by a SHA1 hash, being 40 hexadecimal characters in size or 20  bytes in size.
 
 Git only knows 4 distinct object types being Blobs, Trees, Commits and Tags.
 
-In Git-Pyhton, all objects can be accessed through their common base, compared 
-and hashed, as shown in the following example.
+In Git-Pyhton, all objects can be accessed through their common base, compared  and hashed, as shown in the following example::
 
-    >>> hc = repo.head.commit
-    >>> hct = hc.tree
-    >>> hc != hct
-    >>> hc != repo.tags[0]
-    >>> hc == repo.head.reference.commit
+    hc = repo.head.commit
+    hct = hc.tree
+    hc != hct
+    hc != repo.tags[0]
+    hc == repo.head.reference.commit
     
-Basic fields are
+Basic fields are::
 
-    >>> hct.type
+    hct.type
     'tree'
-    >>> hct.size
+    hct.size
     166
-    >>> hct.sha
+    hct.sha
     'a95eeb2a7082212c197cabbf2539185ec74ed0e8'
-    >>> hct.data        # returns string with pure uncompressed data
+    hct.data        # returns string with pure uncompressed data
     '...' 
-    >>> len(hct.data) == hct.size
+    len(hct.data) == hct.size
     
-Index Objects are objects that can be put into git's index. These objects are trees
-and blobs which additionally know about their path in the filesystem as well as their
-mode.
-
-    >>> hct.path            # root tree has no path
+Index Objects are objects that can be put into git's index. These objects are trees and blobs which additionally know about their path in the filesystem as well as their mode::
+    
+    hct.path            # root tree has no path
     ''
-    >>> hct.trees[0].path   # the first subdirectory has one though
+    hct.trees[0].path   # the first subdirectory has one though
     'dir'
-    >>> htc.mode            # trees have mode 0
+    htc.mode            # trees have mode 0
     0
-    >>> '%o' % htc.blobs[0].mode    # blobs have a specific mode though comparable to a standard linux fs
+    '%o' % htc.blobs[0].mode    # blobs have a specific mode though comparable to a standard linux fs
     100644
     
-Access blob data (or any object data) directly or using streams.
-    >>> htc.data            # binary tree data as string ( inefficient )
-    >>> htc.blobs[0].data_stream            # stream object to read data from
-    >>> htc.blobs[0].stream_data(my_stream) # write data to given stream
+Access blob data (or any object data) directly or using streams::
+    
+    htc.data            # binary tree data as string ( inefficient )
+    htc.blobs[0].data_stream            # stream object to read data from
+    htc.blobs[0].stream_data(my_stream) # write data to given stream
     
     
 The Commit object
 *****************
 
-Commit objects contain information about a specific commit. Obtain commits using 
-references as done in 'Examining References' or as follows
+Commit objects contain information about a specific commit. Obtain commits using  references as done in `Examining References`_ or as follows.
 
-Obtain commits at the specified revision:
+Obtain commits at the specified revision::
 
-    >>> repo.commit('master')
-    >>> repo.commit('v0.1')
-    >>> repo.commit('HEAD~10')
+    repo.commit('master')
+    repo.commit('v0.1')
+    repo.commit('HEAD~10')
 
-Iterate 100 commits
+Iterate 100 commits::
 
-    >>> repo.iter_commits('master', max_count=100)
+    repo.iter_commits('master', max_count=100)
 
-If you need paging, you can specify a number of commits to skip.
+If you need paging, you can specify a number of commits to skip::
 
-    >>> repo.iter_commits('master', max_count=10, skip=20)
+    repo.iter_commits('master', max_count=10, skip=20)
 
-The above will return commits 21-30 from the commit list.
+The above will return commits 21-30 from the commit list.::
 
-    >>> headcommit = repo.head.commit 
+    headcommit = repo.head.commit 
 
-    >>> headcommit.sha
+    headcommit.sha
     '207c0c4418115df0d30820ab1a9acd2ea4bf4431'
 
-    >>> headcommit.parents
+    headcommit.parents
     [<git.Commit "a91c45eee0b41bf3cdaad3418ca3850664c4a4b4">]
 
-    >>> headcommit.tree
+    headcommit.tree
     <git.Tree "563413aedbeda425d8d9dcbb744247d0c3e8a0ac">
 
-    >>> headcommit.author
+    headcommit.author
     <git.Actor "Michael Trier <mtrier@gmail.com>">
 
-    >>> headcommit.authored_date        # seconds since epoch
+    headcommit.authored_date        # seconds since epoch
     1256291446
 
-    >>> headcommit.committer
+    headcommit.committer
     <git.Actor "Michael Trier <mtrier@gmail.com>">
 
-    >>> headcommit.committed_date
+    headcommit.committed_date
     1256291446
 
-    >>> headcommit.message
+    headcommit.message
     'cleaned up a lot of test information. Fixed escaping so it works with
     subprocess.'
 
-Note: date time is represented in a ``seconds since epock`` format.  Conversion to
-human readable form can be accomplished with the various time module methods.
+Note: date time is represented in a ``seconds since epock`` format. Conversion to human readable form can be accomplished with the various time module methods::
 
-    >>> import time
-    >>> time.asctime(time.gmtime(headcommit.committed_date))
+    import time
+    time.asctime(time.gmtime(headcommit.committed_date))
     'Wed May 7 05:56:02 2008'
 
-    >>> time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M", time.gmtime(headcommit.committed_date))
+    time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M", time.gmtime(headcommit.committed_date))
     'Wed, 7 May 2008 05:56'
 
 .. _struct_time: http://docs.python.org/library/time.html
 
-You can traverse a commit's ancestry by chaining calls to ``parents``.
+You can traverse a commit's ancestry by chaining calls to ``parents``::
 
-    >>> headcommit.parents[0].parents[0].parents[0]
+    headcommit.parents[0].parents[0].parents[0]
 
 The above corresponds to ``master^^^`` or ``master~3`` in git parlance.
 
 The Tree object
 ***************
 
-A tree records pointers to the contents of a directory. Let's say you want
-the root tree of the latest commit on the master branch.
+A tree records pointers to the contents of a directory. Let's say you want the root tree of the latest commit on the master branch::
 
-    >>> tree = repo.heads.master.commit.tree
+    tree = repo.heads.master.commit.tree
     <git.Tree "a006b5b1a8115185a228b7514cdcd46fed90dc92">
 
-    >>> tree.sha
+    tree.sha
     'a006b5b1a8115185a228b7514cdcd46fed90dc92'
 
-Once you have a tree, you can get the contents.
+Once you have a tree, you can get the contents::
 
-    >>> tree.trees          # trees are subdirectories
+    tree.trees          # trees are subdirectories
     [<git.Tree "f7eb5df2e465ab621b1db3f5714850d6732cfed2">]
     
-    >>> tree.blobs          # blobs are files
+    tree.blobs          # blobs are files
     [<git.Blob "a871e79d59cf8488cac4af0c8f990b7a989e2b53">,
     <git.Blob "3594e94c04db171e2767224db355f514b13715c5">,
     <git.Blob "e79b05161e4836e5fbf197aeb52515753e8d6ab6">,
     <git.Blob "94954abda49de8615a048f8d2e64b5de848e27a1">]
 
-Its useful to know that a tree behaves like a list with the ability to 
-query entries by name.
+Its useful to know that a tree behaves like a list with the ability to  query entries by name::
 
-    >>> tree[0] == tree['dir']			# access by index and by sub-path
+    tree[0] == tree['dir']			# access by index and by sub-path
     <git.Tree "f7eb5df2e465ab621b1db3f5714850d6732cfed2">
-    >>> for entry in tree: do_something_with(entry)
+    for entry in tree: do_something_with(entry)
 
-    >>> blob = tree[0][0]
-    >>> blob.name
+    blob = tree[0][0]
+    blob.name
     'file'
-    >>> blob.path
+    blob.path
     'dir/file'
-    >>> blob.abspath
+    blob.abspath
     '/Users/mtrier/Development/git-python/dir/file'
     >>>tree['dir/file'].sha == blob.sha
 
-There is a convenience method that allows you to get a named sub-object
-from a tree with a syntax similar to how paths are written in an unix
-system.
+There is a convenience method that allows you to get a named sub-object from a tree with a syntax similar to how paths are written in an unix system::
 
-    >>> tree/"lib"
+    tree/"lib"
     <git.Tree "c1c7214dde86f76bc3e18806ac1f47c38b2b7a30">
-    >>> tree/"dir/file" == blob.sha
+    tree/"dir/file" == blob.sha
 
-You can also get a tree directly from the repository if you know its name.
+You can also get a tree directly from the repository if you know its name::
 
-    >>> repo.tree()
+    repo.tree()
     <git.Tree "master">
 
-    >>> repo.tree("c1c7214dde86f76bc3e18806ac1f47c38b2b7a30")
+    repo.tree("c1c7214dde86f76bc3e18806ac1f47c38b2b7a30")
     <git.Tree "c1c7214dde86f76bc3e18806ac1f47c38b2b7a30">
-    >>> repo.tree('0.1.6')
+    repo.tree('0.1.6')
     <git.Tree "6825a94104164d9f0f5632607bebd2a32a3579e5">
     
-As trees only allow direct access to their direct entries, use the traverse 
-method to obtain an iterator to traverse entries recursively.
+As trees only allow direct access to their direct entries, use the traverse  method to obtain an iterator to traverse entries recursively::
 
-    >>> tree.traverse()
+    tree.traverse()
     <generator object at 0x7f6598bd65a8>
-    >>> for entry in traverse(): do_something_with(entry)
+    for entry in traverse(): do_something_with(entry)
 
     
 The Index Object
 ****************
-The git index is the stage containing changes to be written with the next commit
-or where merges finally have to take place. You may freely access and manipulate 
-this information using the IndexFile Object.
+The git index is the stage containing changes to be written with the next commit or where merges finally have to take place. You may freely access and manipulate  this information using the IndexFile Object::
 
-    >>> index = repo.index
+    index = repo.index
     
-Access objects and add/remove entries. Commit the changes.
+Access objects and add/remove entries. Commit the changes::
 
-    >>> for stage,blob in index.iter_blobs(): do_something(...)
+    for stage,blob in index.iter_blobs(): do_something(...)
     Access blob objects
-    >>> for (path,stage),entry in index.entries.iteritems: pass
+    for (path,stage),entry in index.entries.iteritems: pass
     Access the entries directly
-    >>> index.add(['my_new_file'])      # add a new file to the index
-    >>> index.remove(['dir/existing_file'])
-    >>> new_commit = index.commit("my commit message")
+    index.add(['my_new_file'])      # add a new file to the index
+    index.remove(['dir/existing_file'])
+    new_commit = index.commit("my commit message")
     
-Create new indices from other trees or as result of a merge. Write that result to 
-a new index.
+Create new indices from other trees or as result of a merge. Write that result to a new index::
 
-    >>> tmp_index = Index.from_tree(repo, 'HEAD~1') # load a tree into a temporary index
-    >>> merge_index = Index.from_tree(repo, 'base', 'HEAD', 'some_branch') # merge two trees three-way
-    >>> merge_index.write("merged_index")
+    tmp_index = Index.from_tree(repo, 'HEAD~1') # load a tree into a temporary index
+    merge_index = Index.from_tree(repo, 'base', 'HEAD', 'some_branch') # merge two trees three-way
+    merge_index.write("merged_index")
     
 Handling Remotes
 ****************
 
-Remotes are used as alias for a foreign repository to ease pushing to and fetching
-from them.
-
-    >>> test_remote = repo.create_remote('test', 'git@server:repo.git')
-    >>> repo.delete_remote(test_remote) # create and delete remotes
-    >>> origin = repo.remotes.origin    # get default remote by name
-    >>> origin.refs                     # local remote references
-    >>> o = origin.rename('new_origin') # rename remotes
-    >>> o.fetch()                       # fetch, pull and push from and to the remote
-    >>> o.pull()
-    >>> o.push()
+Remotes are used as alias for a foreign repository to ease pushing to and fetching from them::
 
-You can easily access configuration information for a remote by accessing options 
-as if they where attributes.
+    test_remote = repo.create_remote('test', 'git@server:repo.git')
+    repo.delete_remote(test_remote) # create and delete remotes
+    origin = repo.remotes.origin    # get default remote by name
+    origin.refs                     # local remote references
+    o = origin.rename('new_origin') # rename remotes
+    o.fetch()                       # fetch, pull and push from and to the remote
+    o.pull()
+    o.push()
 
-    >>> o.url
+You can easily access configuration information for a remote by accessing options  as if they where attributes::
+    
+    o.url
     'git@server:dummy_repo.git'
     
-Change configuration for a specific remote only 
-    >>> o.config_writer.set("pushurl", "other_url")
+Change configuration for a specific remote only::
+    
+    o.config_writer.set("pushurl", "other_url")
     
 Obtaining Diff Information
 **************************
 
-Diffs can generally be obtained by Subclasses of ``Diffable`` as they provide 
-the ``diff`` method. This operation yields a DiffIndex allowing you to easily access
-diff information about paths.
+Diffs can generally be obtained by Subclasses of ``Diffable`` as they provide  the ``diff`` method. This operation yields a DiffIndex allowing you to easily access diff information about paths.
 
-Diffs can be made between the Index and Trees, Index and the working tree, trees and 
-trees as well as trees and the working copy. If commits are involved, their tree
-will be used implicitly.
+Diffs can be made between the Index and Trees, Index and the working tree, trees and trees as well as trees and the working copy. If commits are involved, their tree will be used implicitly::
 
-    >>> hcommit = repo.head.commit
-    >>> idiff = hcommit.diff()          # diff tree against index
-    >>> tdiff = hcommit.diff('HEAD~1')  # diff tree against previous tree
-    >>> wdiff = hcommit.diff(None)      # diff tree against working tree
+    hcommit = repo.head.commit
+    idiff = hcommit.diff()          # diff tree against index
+    tdiff = hcommit.diff('HEAD~1')  # diff tree against previous tree
+    wdiff = hcommit.diff(None)      # diff tree against working tree
     
-    >>> index = repo.index
-    >>> index.diff()                    # diff index against itself yielding empty diff
-    >>> index.diff(None)                # diff index against working copy
-    >>> index.diff('HEAD')              # diff index against current HEAD tree
+    index = repo.index
+    index.diff()                    # diff index against itself yielding empty diff
+    index.diff(None)                # diff index against working copy
+    index.diff('HEAD')              # diff index against current HEAD tree
 
-The item returned is a DiffIndex which is essentially a list of Diff objects. It 
-provides additional filtering to ease finding what you might be looking for.
+The item returned is a DiffIndex which is essentially a list of Diff objects. It  provides additional filtering to ease finding what you might be looking for::
 
-    >>> for diff_added in wdiff.iter_change_type('A'): do_something_with(diff_added)
+    for diff_added in wdiff.iter_change_type('A'): do_something_with(diff_added)
 
 Switching Branches
 ******************
-To switch between branches, you effectively need to point your HEAD to the new branch
-head and reset your index and working copy to match. A simple manual way to do it 
-is the following one.
+To switch between branches, you effectively need to point your HEAD to the new branch head and reset your index and working copy to match. A simple manual way to do it is the following one::
 
-    >>> repo.head.reference = repo.heads.other_branch
-    >>> repo.head.reset(index=True, working_tree=True)
+    repo.head.reference = repo.heads.other_branch
+    repo.head.reset(index=True, working_tree=True)
     
-The previous approach would brutally overwrite the user's changes in the working copy 
-and index though and is less sophisticated than a git-checkout for instance which 
-generally prevents you from destroying your work. Use the safer approach as follows:
+The previous approach would brutally overwrite the user's changes in the working copy and index though and is less sophisticated than a git-checkout for instance which generally prevents you from destroying your work. Use the safer approach as follows::
 
-	>>> repo.heads.master.checkout()			# checkout the branch using git-checkout
-	>>> repo.heads.other_branch.checkout()
+	repo.heads.master.checkout()			# checkout the branch using git-checkout
+	repo.heads.other_branch.checkout()
 
 Using git directly
 ******************
-In case you are missing functionality as it has not been wrapped, you may conveniently
-use the git command directly. It is owned by each repository instance.
+In case you are missing functionality as it has not been wrapped, you may conveniently use the git command directly. It is owned by each repository instance::
 
-    >>> git = repo.git
-    >>> git.checkout('head', b="my_new_branch")         # default command
-    >>> git.for_each_ref()                              # '-' becomes '_' when calling it
+    git = repo.git
+    git.checkout('head', b="my_new_branch")         # default command
+    git.for_each_ref()                              # '-' becomes '_' when calling it
     
-The return value will by default be a string of the standard output channel produced
-by the command.
+The return value will by default be a string of the standard output channel produced by the command.
 
 Keyword arguments translate to short and long keyword arguments on the commandline.
-The special notion ``git.command(flag=True)`` will create a flag without value like
-``command --flag``.
+The special notion ``git.command(flag=True)`` will create a flag without value like ``command --flag``.
 
-If ``None`` is found in the arguments, it will be dropped silently. Lists and tuples 
-passed as arguments will be unpacked to individual arguments. Objects are converted 
-to strings using the str(...) function.
+If ``None`` is found in the arguments, it will be dropped silently. Lists and tuples  passed as arguments will be unpacked to individual arguments. Objects are converted  to strings using the str(...) function.
 
 And even more ...
 *****************
 
-There is more functionality in there, like the ability to archive repositories, get stats
-and logs, blame, and probably a few other things that were not mentioned here.  
+There is more functionality in there, like the ability to archive repositories, get stats and logs, blame, and probably a few other things that were not mentioned here.  
 
 Check the unit tests for an in-depth introduction on how each function is supposed to be used.