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authorSebastian Thiel <byronimo@gmail.com>2014-11-17 10:59:39 +0100
committerSebastian Thiel <byronimo@gmail.com>2014-11-17 10:59:39 +0100
commitba67e4ff74e97c4de5d980715729a773a48cd6bc (patch)
tree9e557ba5b510b2d68046481e8d185321dd88860b /git/refs/symbolic.py
parent9780b7a0f39f66d6e1946a7d109fc49165b81d64 (diff)
downloadgitpython-ba67e4ff74e97c4de5d980715729a773a48cd6bc.tar.gz
Assure API remains backwards compatible; update API docs
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
index eb11627d..9a95b7f0 100644
--- a/git/refs/symbolic.py
+++ b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -356,10 +356,16 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
will be used
:return: added RefLogEntry instance"""
# NOTE: we use the committer of the currently active commit - this should be
- # correct. See https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/146
- return RefLog.append_entry(self.commit.committer, RefLog.path(self), oldbinsha,
+ # correct to allow overriding the committer on a per-commit level.
+ # See https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/146
+ try:
+ committer_or_reader = self.commit.committer
+ except ValueError:
+ committer_or_reader = self.repo.config_reader()
+ # end handle newly cloned repositories
+ return RefLog.append_entry(committer_or_reader, RefLog.path(self), oldbinsha,
(newbinsha is None and self.commit.binsha) or newbinsha,
- message)
+ message)
def log_entry(self, index):
""":return: RefLogEntry at the given index