Did you see https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
It is new BSD. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Chamila De Alwis <chami...@wso2.com> wrote: > Hi Imesh, > > From a brief research I did, I could find only few libraries for Python > which doesn't make use of the Git binary file. The more mature one is > called Dulwich[1]. There is also another library called pygit2[2] which is > a C Bindings module for libgit2[3]. > > Unfortunately we can't use Dulwich in our code since it is licensed GPLv2, > which is incompatible with Apache[4]. > > However pygit2 is licensed GPLv2 with "linking exception", which allows > the use of the compiled file without any restrictions of the GPL. > > Therefore, as of now, there is the serious issue of not having any pure > Python implementation of Git under Apache license to be used in the Python > cartridge agent. There is also the option of writing a similar library > anew, which would be time consuming. > > > [1] - https://www.samba.org/~jelmer/dulwich/ > [2] - http://www.pygit2.org/index.html > [3] - https://libgit2.github.com/ > [4] - http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x > > > Regards, > Chamila de Alwis > Software Engineer | WSO2 | +94772207163 > Blog: code.chamiladealwis.com > > > -- -- Lahiru Sandaruwan Committer and PMC member, Apache Stratos, Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com lean.enterprise.middleware email: lahi...@wso2.com blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146
