repo.remote method added

CHANGES updated to carry information about remotes and config

Author: Byron

CHANGES

@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ Refs
 * Will dynmically retrieve their object at the time of query to assure the information 
   is actual. Recently objects would be cached, hence ref object not be safely kept 
   persistent.
+  
+Remote
+------
+* Added Remote object allowing easy access to remotes
+* Repo.remotes lists all remotes
+* Repo.remote returns a remote of the specified name if it exists
+
+Config
+------
+* The git configuration can now be read and manipulated directly from within python
+  using the GitConfigParser
+* Repo.config_reader returns a read-only parser
+* Repo.config_writer returns a read-write parser
 
 0.1.6
 =====

lib/git/repo.py

@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ def remotes(self):
 		A list of Remote objects allowing to access and manipulate remotes
 		"""
 		return Remote.list_items(self)
+		
+	def remote(self, name='origin'):
+		"""
+		Return
+			Remote with the specified name
+		
+		Raise 
+			ValueError if no remote with such a name exists
+		"""
+		for remote in Remote.iter_items(self):
+			if remote.name == name:
+				return remote
+		# END for each existing remote
+		raise ValueError( "Remote named %s does not exist" % name )
 
 	# alias heads
 	branches = heads

test/git/test_remote.py

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def test_base(self):
 		assert num_remotes
 		assert num_remotes == len(remote_set)
 
+		origin = self.repo.remote('origin')
 
 	def test_creation_and_removal(self):
 		new_name = "test_new_one"