_str_cmd = True

        gitenv = os.environ

        # need to clean fix GIT_DIR !

        if 'GIT_DIR' in gitenv:

            del gitenv['GIT_DIR']

        gitenv['GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL'] = '1'

        _git_path = settings.GIT_EXECUTABLE_PATH

        cmd = [_git_path] + _copts + cmd

        if _str_cmd:

            cmd = ' '.join(cmd)

        try:

            _opts = dict(

                env=gitenv,

            )

            _opts.update(opts)

            p = subprocessio.SubprocessIOChunker(cmd, **_opts)

        except (EnvironmentError, OSError), err:

            tb_err = ("Couldn't run git command (%s).\n"

                      "Original error was:%s\n" % (cmd, err))

            log.error(tb_err)

            if safe_call:

                return '', err

            else:

                raise RepositoryError(tb_err)

        :param cmd: A Subprocess.Popen style "cmd". Can be string or array of strings

        :param inputstream: (Default: None) A file-like, string, or file pointer.

        :param buffer_size: (Default: 65536) A size of total buffer per stream in bytes.

        :param chunk_size: (Default: 4096) A max size of a chunk. Actual chunk may be smaller.

        :param starting_values: (Default: []) An array of strings to put in front of output que.

        '''

        if inputstream:

            input_streamer = StreamFeeder(inputstream)

            input_streamer.start()

            inputstream = input_streamer.output

        if isinstance(cmd, (list, tuple)):

            cmd = ' '.join(cmd)

        kwargs['shell'] = _shell

        _p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,

            bufsize=-1,

            stdin=inputstream,

            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,

            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,

            **kwargs

        bg_out = BufferedGenerator(_p.stdout, buffer_size, chunk_size, starting_values)

        bg_err = BufferedGenerator(_p.stderr, 16000, 1, bottomless=True)

        while not bg_out.done_reading and not bg_out.reading_paused and not bg_err.length:

            # doing this until we reach either end of file, or end of buffer.

            bg_out.data_added_event.wait(1)

            bg_out.data_added_event.clear()

        # at this point it's still ambiguous if we are done reading or just full buffer.

        # Either way, if error (returned by ended process, or implied based on

        # presence of stuff in stderr output) we error out.