pep8 linting (blank lines expectations)

E301 expected 1 blank line, found 0
E302 expected 2 blank lines, found 1
E303 too many blank lines (n)

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/git/util.py b/git/util.py
index ba5d3b9f..8d5cd765 100644
--- a/git/util.py
+++ b/git/util.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ __all__ = ( "stream_copy", "join_path", "to_native_path_windows", "to_native_pat
 
 #{ Utility Methods
 
+
 def rmtree(path):
     """Remove the given recursively.
     :note: we use shutil rmtree but adjust its behaviour to see whether files that
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ def rmtree(path):
     return shutil.rmtree(path, False, onerror)
 
 
-
 def stream_copy(source, destination, chunk_size=512*1024):
     """Copy all data from the source stream into the destination stream in chunks
     of size chunk_size
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def stream_copy(source, destination, chunk_size=512*1024):
     # END reading output stream
     return br
 
+
 def join_path(a, *p):
     """Join path tokens together similar to os.path.join, but always use 
     '/' instead of possibly '\' on windows."""
@@ -80,9 +81,11 @@ def join_path(a, *p):
     # END for each path token to add
     return path
 
+
 def to_native_path_windows(path):
     return path.replace('/','\\')
 
+
 def to_native_path_linux(path):
     return path.replace('\\','/')
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ else:
         return path
     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 
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ def join_path_native(a, *p):
         use '\'"""
     return to_native_path(join_path(a, *p))
 
+
 def assure_directory_exists(path, is_file=False):
     """Assure that the directory pointed to by path exists.
 
@@ -115,10 +120,12 @@ def assure_directory_exists(path, is_file=False):
         return True
     return False
 
+
 def get_user_id():
     """:return: string identifying the currently active system user as name@node"""
     return "%s@%s" % (getpass.getuser(), platform.node())
 
+
 def finalize_process(proc):
     """Wait for the process (clone, fetch, pull or push) and handle its errors accordingly"""
     try:
@@ -135,7 +142,9 @@ def finalize_process(proc):
 
 #{ Classes
 
+
 class RemoteProgress(object):
+
     """
     Handler providing an interface to parse progress information emitted by git-push
     and git-fetch and to dispatch callbacks allowing subclasses to react to the progress.
@@ -270,6 +279,7 @@ class RemoteProgress(object):
 
 
 class Actor(object):
+
     """Actors hold information about a person acting on the repository. They 
     can be committers and authors or anything with a name and an email as 
     mentioned in the git log entries."""
@@ -351,7 +361,6 @@ class Actor(object):
         #END for each item to retrieve
         return actor
 
-
     @classmethod
     def committer(cls, config_reader=None):
         """
@@ -369,7 +378,9 @@ class Actor(object):
         but defaults to the committer"""
         return cls._main_actor(cls.env_author_name, cls.env_author_email, config_reader)
 
+
 class Stats(object):
+
     """
     Represents stat information as presented by git at the end of a merge. It is 
     created from the output of a diff operation.
@@ -421,6 +432,7 @@ class Stats(object):
 
 
 class IndexFileSHA1Writer(object):
+
     """Wrapper around a file-like object that remembers the SHA1 of 
     the data written to it. It will write a sha when the stream is closed
     or if the asked for explicitly usign write_sha.
@@ -453,6 +465,7 @@ class IndexFileSHA1Writer(object):
 
 
 class LockFile(object):
+
     """Provides methods to obtain, check for, and release a file based lock which 
     should be used to handle concurrent access to the same file.
 
@@ -524,6 +537,7 @@ class LockFile(object):
 
 
 class BlockingLockFile(LockFile):
+
     """The lock file will block until a lock could be obtained, or fail after 
     a specified timeout.
 
@@ -531,6 +545,7 @@ class BlockingLockFile(LockFile):
         be raised during the blocking period, preventing hangs as the lock 
         can never be obtained."""
     __slots__ = ("_check_interval", "_max_block_time")
+
     def __init__(self, file_path, check_interval_s=0.3, max_block_time_s=sys.maxint):
         """Configure the instance
 
@@ -572,6 +587,7 @@ class BlockingLockFile(LockFile):
 
 
 class IterableList(list):
+
     """
     List of iterable objects allowing to query an object by id or by named index::
 
@@ -647,6 +663,7 @@ class IterableList(list):
 
 
 class Iterable(object):
+
     """Defines an interface for iterable items which is to assure a uniform 
     way to retrieve and iterate items within the git repository"""
     __slots__ = tuple()
@@ -666,7 +683,6 @@ class Iterable(object):
         out_list.extend(cls.iter_items(repo, *args, **kwargs))
         return out_list
 
-
     @classmethod
     def iter_items(cls, repo, *args, **kwargs):
         """For more information about the arguments, see list_items