Wanna parse ini-style ./.git/config and failed? Well...

GitConfigParser.py

import os
try:
    import ConfigParser
except ImportError: # python3?
    import configparser as ConfigParser

dot_git_config = os.path.join('.git', 'config')

class GitConfigParser(ConfigParser.RawConfigParser):
    def _read(self, fp, filename=None):
        filename = filename if filename is not None else (
                    fp.name if hasattr(fp, 'name') else '<???>')
        lineno = 0
        section = 'DEFAULT'
        name = value = None
        while True:
            line = fp.readline()
            if not line:
                break
            lineno += 1

            if name is not None and value is not None:
                ## value continuation a la rfc822 is not applicable here
                #if line[0].isspace(): # value continuation a la rfc822
                #    value += line
                #    continue
                self.set(section, name, value)
                name = value = None

            xline = line.strip()
            if not xline or xline.startswith('#') or xline.startswith(';'):
                continue # comment

            if xline.startswith('['):
                if not xline.endswith(']'):
                    raise ConfigParser.ParsingError('Bad section in %r line %r: %r'
                                                    % (filename, lineno, line))
                section = xline[1:-1]
                if not section in self.sections():
                    self.add_section(section)
                continue

            if '=' not in xline:
                raise ConfigParser.ParsingError('Bad line in %r line %r: %r'
                                                % (filename, lineno, line))

            name, value = [s.strip() for s in xline.split('=', 1)]

        if name is not None and value is not None:
            self.set(section, name, value) # pending value

        fp.close()
#end class GitConfigParser

def my_git_dir():
    cwd = os.getcwdu()
    while cwd and cwd != '/' and not os.path.exists(os.path.join(cwd, '.git')):
        cwd = os.path.dirname(cwd)
    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(cwd, '.git')):
        # sys.stderr.write('Not in a git repo!\n')
        return None
    return cwd

# EOF #