Error when importing GitPython in a Gevent app.

gevent_git_test.py

# This will crash.

from gevent import monkey
monkey.patch_all()

from git import Repo

gistfile1.txt

$ python gevent_git_test.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gevent_git_test.py", line 4, in <module>
    from git import Repo
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    _init_externals()
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/__init__.py", line 20, in _init_externals
    import gitdb
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gitdb/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    from db import *
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gitdb/db/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from base import *
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gitdb/db/base.py", line 6, in <module>
    from gitdb.util import (
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gitdb/util.py", line 65, in <module>
    pool = ThreadPool(0)
  File "/home/daharon/temp/fabric/test/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/async/pool.py", line 188, in __init__
    self._taskgraph_lock = self.LockCls()
TypeError: allocate_lock() takes no arguments (1 given)

Any idea how to circumvent that?

Ok, found the associated issue gitpython-developers/async#1