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An attempt to better steer questions and answers.
Currently, people put it onto the mailing list and on stack overflow [ci skip]
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### REQUIREMENTS
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* Git ( tested with 1.8.3.4 )
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* Python Nose - used for running the tests
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- Tested with nose 1.3.0
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* Mock by Michael Foord used for tests
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- Tested with 1.0.1
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* Coverage - used for tests coverage
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GitPython needs the `git` executable to be installed on the system and available in your `PATH` for most operations. If it is not in your `PATH`, you can help GitPython find it by setting the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=<path/to/git>` environment variable.
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The list of dependencies are listed in /requirements.txt and /test-requirements.txt. The installer takes care of installing them for you though.
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* Git (1.7.x or newer)
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The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`. The installer takes care of installing them for you.
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### INSTALL
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### INFRASTRUCTURE
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* [User Documentation](http://gitpython.readthedocs.org)
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* [Questions and Answers](http://stackexchange.com/filters/167317/gitpython)
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* Please post on stackoverflow and use the `gitpython` tag
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* [Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/git-python)
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* Please use it for everything that doesn't fit Stackoverflow.
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* [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues)
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* Post reproducible bugs and feature requests as a new issue. Please be sure to provide the following information if posting bugs:
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* GitPython version (e.g. `import git; git.__version__`)
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* Python version (e.g. `python --version`)
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* The encountered stack-trace, if applicable
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* Enough information to allow reproducing the issue
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### LICENSE
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