Parsing error on git config

The error is below, doing a config.get_value("user", "name")

File "python-client/client.py", line 53, in <module>
main()
File "python-client/client.py", line 19, in main
user_info = githelpers.get_computer_info()["user"]
File "/home/sagar/dev/meteor/live-git/python-client/githelpers.py", line 35, in get_computer_info
user_name = config.get_value("user", "name")
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/git/config.py", line 379, in get_value
valuestr = self.get(section, option)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/git/config.py", line 52, in assure_data_present
self.read()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/git/config.py", line 291, in read
self._read(fp, fp.name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/git/config.py", line 262, in _read
raise e
ConfigParser.ParsingError: File contains parsing errors: /home/sagar/.gitconfig
[line 149]: '\t\tend\\n\\\n'
[line 150]: '\t\tFile.open(%(%A), %(w)) {|f| f.write(b)}\\n\\\n'
[line 151]: '\t\texit 1 if b.include?(%(<)*%L)\'"\n'

It happens on this .gitconfig after line 142. If you remove those parts, then it works fine.

https://github.com/cjhveal/dotfiles/blob/master/git/gitconfig.symlink

Is this issue for the correct library? I can't find for instance a client.py in gitpython.

Sorry, client.py is my file, but it makes a call to try to get a value from the .gitconfig (that looks like the linked one)

git-python uses the (downright terrible) standard configparser implementation, which is very picky.
If a better library would be used, this one could be fixed as well I suppose.

I am able to reproduce the error and believe the only way to fix it is to use a different/better parser implementation. There seem to be alternatives which are available on pypi as well, and I am confident I will find something suitable.
The config parser part of git-python has been a constant source for grief, and I will be happy to finally fix it.

I ended up improving the current (and custom) config parser implementation to the point where it can handle multi-line values correctly. There is a new test-case which verifies that git-python returns exactly the same value as git does.

it config -f git/test/fixtures/git_config_with_comments --get "merge.railsschema.driver"
ruby -e '
                system %(git), %(merge-file), %(--marker-size=%L), %(%A), %(%O), %(%B)
                b = File.read(%(%A))
                b.sub!(/^<+ .*\nActiveRecord::Schema\.define.:version => (\d+). do\n=+\nActiveRecord::Schema\.define.:version => (\d+). do\n>+ .*/) do
                  %(ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => #{[$1, $2].max}) do)
                end
                File.open(%(%A), %(w)) {|f| f.write(b)}
                exit 1 if b.include?(%(<)*%L)'

Also, just for fun, I have recorded the process of fixing this issue.

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