def get_refs(self, gitdir):
"""Returns a dictionary with refs.
+
+ Note that the keys in the returned dictionary are byte strings as
+ read from git.
"""
args = ["git", "--git-dir=" + gitdir, "for-each-ref", "refs/heads"]
- lines = check_output(args).strip().split('\n')
+ lines = check_output(args).strip().split('\n'.encode('ascii'))
refs = {}
for line in lines:
- value, name = line.split(' ')
- name = name.strip('commit\t')
+ value, name = line.split(' '.encode('ascii'))
+ name = name.strip('commit\t'.encode('ascii'))
refs[name] = value
return refs