4 files changed, 20 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/__init__.py b/lib/git/__init__.py
index 45364b88..75ce887b 100644
--- a/lib/git/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/git/__init__.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ from git.errors import InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError, GitCommandErr
 from git.cmd import Git
 from git.repo import Repo
 from git.stats import Stats
-from git.utils import dashify
-from git.utils import touch
 from git.remote import Remote
 
 
diff --git a/lib/git/cmd.py b/lib/git/cmd.py
index 500fcd93..d04a2bd0 100644
--- a/lib/git/cmd.py
+++ b/lib/git/cmd.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ extra = {}
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
 	extra = {'shell': True}
 
+def dashify(string):
+	return string.replace('_', '-')
+
 class Git(object):
 	"""
 	The Git class manages communication with the Git binary.
diff --git a/lib/git/repo.py b/lib/git/repo.py
index 8126bff4..966edf9d 100644
--- a/lib/git/repo.py
+++ b/lib/git/repo.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import gzip
 import StringIO
 
 from errors import InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError
-from utils import touch, is_git_dir
 from cmd import Git
 from actor import Actor
 from refs import *
@@ -19,6 +18,23 @@ from objects import *
 from config import GitConfigParser
 from remote import Remote
 
+def touch(filename):
+	fp = open(filename, "w")
+	fp.close()
+
+def is_git_dir(d):
+	""" This is taken from the git setup.c:is_git_directory
+		function."""
+
+	if os.path.isdir(d) and \
+			os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, 'objects')) and \
+			os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, 'refs')):
+		headref = os.path.join(d, 'HEAD')
+		return os.path.isfile(headref) or \
+				(os.path.islink(headref) and
+				os.readlink(headref).startswith('refs'))
+	return False
+
 class Repo(object):
 	"""
 	Represents a git repository and allows you to query references, 
diff --git a/lib/git/utils.py b/lib/git/utils.py
index 3e7e8e75..2aa8d33e 100644
--- a/lib/git/utils.py
+++ b/lib/git/utils.py
@@ -6,26 +6,6 @@
 
 import os
 
-def dashify(string):
-	return string.replace('_', '-')
-
-def touch(filename):
-	os.utime(filename)
-
-def is_git_dir(d):
-	""" This is taken from the git setup.c:is_git_directory
-		function."""
-
-	if os.path.isdir(d) and \
-			os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, 'objects')) and \
-			os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, 'refs')):
-		headref = os.path.join(d, 'HEAD')
-		return os.path.isfile(headref) or \
-				(os.path.islink(headref) and
-				os.readlink(headref).startswith('refs'))
-	return False
-	
-	
 class LazyMixin(object):
 	"""
 	Base class providing an interface to lazily retrieve attribute values upon