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git.Repo InvalidGitRepositoryError #255
Description
Previously when using GitPython 0.3.2c1 we had something that would point to a sub directory in a repo:
repo = git.Repo(os.path.dirname('/path/to/repo/sub_dir'))
Now after upgrading to GitPython 0.3.6 I am getting this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/path/to/repo/sub_dir/perc_version", line 685, in <module>
main()
File "/path/to/repo/sub_dir/perc_version", line 567, in main
perc_lib.fail_if_outdated()
File "/path/to/repo/sub_dir/lib.py", line 451, in fail_if_outdated
repo = git.Repo(os.path.dirname(command_path))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/repo/base.py", line 162, in __init__
raise InvalidGitRepositoryError(epath)
git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError: /path/to/repo/sub_dir
I can fix by adding another os.path.dirname but should this be the behavior for git.Repo to need the top level of a repo or a bug?
Reacted by Ricardo Decal, Ualter Otoni Pereira, lknownothing, samersalami and Leonardo Sarmiento
Activity
Added previously missing parameter documentation for Repo.__init__ .
Byron commentedon Feb 9, 2015
This is related to a bug-fix actually. To get the old behaviour, you can instantiate your
Repoobject withRepo(path, search_parent_directories=True).The change was noted in the changelog for v0.3.5.
Please let me know if this fixes your issue.
malford commentedon Feb 9, 2015
Yes, that fixes it. Thanks @Byron!
ofloveandhate commentedon Feb 15, 2018
i got the same error as OP when trying to make a
git.Repofrom a subdir of a git repo. this thread solved it for me. Namely,add git commit number to footer of pybertini docs