Fixes to support Python 2.6 again.

Details:

- Added Python 2.6 again to .travis.yml (it was removed in commit 4486bcb).

- Replaced the use of dictionary comprehensions in `git/cmd.py` around
  line 800 with the code before that change (in commit 25a2ebf).
  Reason: dict comprehensions were introduced only in Python 2.7.

- Changed the import source for `SkipTest` and `skipIf` from `unittest.case`
  to first trying `unittest` and upon ImportError from `unittest2`.
  This was done in `git/util.py` and in several testcases.
  Reason: `SkipTest` and `skipIf` were introduced to unittest only
  in Python 2.7, and `unittest2` is a backport of `unittest` additions
  to Python 2.6.

- In git/test/lib/helper.py, fixed the definition of `assertRaisesRegex`
  to work on py26.

- For Python 2.6, added the `unittest2` dependency to `requirements.txt`
  and changed `.travis.yml` to install `unittest2`. Because git/util.py
  uses SkipTest from unittest/unittest2, the dependency could not be added
  to `test-requirements.txt`.

- Fixed an assertion in `git/test/test_index.py` to also allow
  a Python 2.6 specific exception message.

- In `is_cygwin_git()` in `git/util.py`, replaced `check_output()` with
  `Popen()`. It was added in Python 2.7.

- Enabled Python 2.6 for Windows:

  - Added Python 2.6 for MINGW in .appveyor.yml.

  - When defining `PROC_CREATIONFLAGS` in `git/cmd.py`, made use of certain
    win32 and subprocess flags that were introduced in Python 2.7, dependent
    on whether we run on Python 2.7 or higher.

  - In `AutoInterrupt.__del__()` in `git/cmd.py`, allowed for `os` not having
    `kill()`. `os.kill()` was added for Windows in Python 2.7 (For Linux, it
    existed in Python 2.6 already).

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/git/test/lib/helper.py b/git/test/lib/helper.py
index 1515f2a1..743f720c 100644
--- a/git/test/lib/helper.py
+++ b/git/test/lib/helper.py
@@ -7,20 +7,24 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import contextlib
 from functools import wraps
+import sys
 import io
 import logging
 import os
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import time
-from unittest import TestCase
-import unittest
 
-from git.compat import string_types, is_win, PY3
+from git.compat import string_types, is_win
 from git.util import rmtree, cwd
 
 import os.path as osp
+if sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 6):
+    import unittest2 as unittest
+else:
+    import unittest
 
+TestCase = unittest.TestCase
 
 ospd = osp.dirname
 
@@ -335,8 +339,11 @@ class TestBase(TestCase):
       of the project history ( to assure tests don't fail for others ).
     """
 
-    if not PY3:
-        assertRaisesRegex = unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegexp
+    # On py26, unittest2 has assertRaisesRegex
+    # On py3, unittest has assertRaisesRegex
+    # On py27, we use unittest, which names it differently:
+    if sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 7):
+        assertRaisesRegex = TestCase.assertRaisesRegexp
 
     def _small_repo_url(self):
         """:return" a path to a small, clonable repository"""