Hi! I'm currently maintaining gitdb(2) for Arch Linux. During packaging I would like to be able to run the tests, but they fail on me due to relatively undocumented behavior in regards to the test git repository: [python-gitdb-2.0.5-check.log](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb/files/3546525/python-gitdb-2.0.5-check.log) I'm using the pypi source tarballs for version 2.0.5: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c4/5c/579abccd59187eaf6b3c8a4a6ecd86fce1dfd818155bfe4c52ac28dca6b7/gitdb2-2.0.5.tar.gz After build (before installation), I run the tests and setup a git repository for test purposes: ``` local TEST_TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d) ( cd "$TEST_TMPDIR" && git init . ) export GITDB_TEST_GIT_REPO_BASE="${TEST_TMPDIR}/.git" nosetests -vd ``` We're currently on: * git 2.23.0 * python-setuptools 41.2.0 * python-smmap 2.0.5 * python-nose 1.3.7 Any hint/help would be greatly appreciated!