Fixed doc strings, improved error checking on RefLog.write method

4 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/refs/log.py b/refs/log.py
index 6c734ad4..f49c07fd 100644
--- a/refs/log.py
+++ b/refs/log.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class RefLog(list, Serializable):
 			specifiy an entry counted from the end of the list
 			
 		:raise IndexError: If the entry didn't exist
+		
 		.. note:: This method is faster as it only parses the entry at index, skipping
 			all other lines. Nonetheless, the whole file has to be read if 
 			the index is negative
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ class RefLog(list, Serializable):
 	@classmethod
 	def append_entry(cls, config_reader, filepath, oldbinsha, newbinsha, message):
 		"""Append a new log entry to the revlog at filepath.
+		
 		:param config_reader: configuration reader of the repository - used to obtain
 			user information. May be None
 		:param filepath: full path to the log file
@@ -255,8 +257,13 @@ class RefLog(list, Serializable):
 		return entry
 		
 	def write(self):
-		"""Write this instance's data to the file we are originating from"""
-		return self.to_file(self._path)
+		"""Write this instance's data to the file we are originating from
+		:return: self"""
+		if self._path is None:
+			raise ValueError("Instance was not initialized with a path, use to_file(...) instead")
+		#END assert path
+		self.to_file(self._path)
+		return self
 	
 	#} END interface
 	
diff --git a/refs/symbolic.py b/refs/symbolic.py
index 6ba8083f..9937cf0c 100644
--- a/refs/symbolic.py
+++ b/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
 		
 	def set_commit(self, commit, logmsg = None):
 		"""As set_object, but restricts the type of object to be a Commit
+		
 		:raise ValueError: If commit is not a Commit object or doesn't point to 
 			a commit
 		:return: self"""
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
 		
 	def log_append(self, oldbinsha, message, newbinsha=None):
 		"""Append a logentry to the logfile of this ref
+		
 		:param oldbinsha: binary sha this ref used to point to
 		:param message: A message describing the change
 		:param newbinsha: The sha the ref points to now. If None, our current commit sha
diff --git a/test/test_reflog.py b/test/test_reflog.py
index 5c4a21b8..3fdf1fae 100644
--- a/test/test_reflog.py
+++ b/test/test_reflog.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class TestRefLog(TestBase):
 			self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, RefLog.from_file, fixture_path(pp+suffix))
 		#END for each invalid file
 		
+		# cannot write an uninitialized reflog
+		self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, RefLog().write)
 	
 		# test serialize and deserialize - results must match exactly
 		binsha = chr(255)*20
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ class TestRefLog(TestBase):
 			reflog = RefLog.from_file(rlp)
 			tfile = os.path.join(tdir, os.path.basename(rlp))
 			reflog.to_file(tfile)
+			assert reflog.write() is reflog
 			
 			# parsed result must match ...
 			treflog = RefLog.from_file(tfile)
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index c93ae715..42719233 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ else:
 	to_native_path = to_native_path_linux
 
 def join_path_native(a, *p):
-	"""As join path, but makes sure an OS native path is returned. This is only 
-	needed to play it safe on my dear windows and to assure nice paths that only 
-	use '\'"""
+	"""
+	As join path, but makes sure an OS native path is returned. This is only 
+		needed to play it safe on my dear windows and to assure nice paths that only 
+		use '\'"""
 	return to_native_path(join_path(a, *p))
 	
 def assure_directory_exists(path, is_file=False):
@@ -187,10 +188,11 @@ class Actor(object):
 		
 	@classmethod
 	def committer(cls, config_reader=None):
-		""":return: Actor instance corresponding to the configured committer. It behaves
-		similar to the git implementation, such that the environment will override 
-		configuration values of config_reader. If no value is set at all, it will be
-		generated
+		"""
+		:return: Actor instance corresponding to the configured committer. It behaves
+			similar to the git implementation, such that the environment will override 
+			configuration values of config_reader. If no value is set at all, it will be
+			generated
 		:param config_reader: ConfigReader to use to retrieve the values from in case
 			they are not set in the environment"""
 		return cls._main_actor(cls.env_committer_name, cls.env_committer_email, config_reader)