return OrderedDict(sorted(_tags, key=sortkey, reverse=True))

    def tag(self, name, user, revision=None, message=None, date=None,

            **kwargs):

        """

        Creates and returns a tag for the given ``revision``.

        :param name: name for new tag

        :param user: full username, i.e.: "Joe Doe <joe.doe@example.com>"

        :param revision: changeset id for which new tag would be created

        :param message: message of the tag's commit

        :param date: date of tag's commit

        :raises TagAlreadyExistError: if tag with same name already exists

        """

        if name in self.tags:

            raise TagAlreadyExistError("Tag %s already exists" % name)

        changeset = self.get_changeset(revision)

        message = message or "Added tag %s for commit %s" % (name,

            changeset.raw_id)

        self._repo.refs["refs/tags/%s" % name] = changeset._commit.id

        self._parsed_refs = self._get_parsed_refs()

        self.tags = self._get_tags()

        return changeset

    def remove_tag(self, name, user, message=None, date=None):

        """

        Removes tag with the given ``name``.

        :param name: name of the tag to be removed

        :param user: full username, i.e.: "Joe Doe <joe.doe@example.com>"

        :param message: message of the tag's removal commit

        :param date: date of tag's removal commit

        :raises TagDoesNotExistError: if tag with given name does not exists

        """

        if name not in self.tags:

            raise TagDoesNotExistError("Tag %s does not exist" % name)

        tagpath = posixpath.join(self._repo.refs.path, 'refs', 'tags', name)

        try:

            os.remove(tagpath)

            self._parsed_refs = self._get_parsed_refs()

            self.tags = self._get_tags()

        except OSError, e:

            raise RepositoryError(e.strerror)

    @LazyProperty

    def _parsed_refs(self):

        return self._get_parsed_refs()

    def _get_parsed_refs(self):

        # cache the property

        _repo = self._repo

        refs = _repo.get_refs()

        keys = [('refs/heads/', 'H'),

                ('refs/remotes/origin/', 'RH'),

                ('refs/tags/', 'T')]

        _refs = {}

        for ref, sha in refs.iteritems():

            for k, type_ in keys:

                if ref.startswith(k):

                    _key = ref[len(k):]

                    if type_ == 'T':

                        obj = _repo.get_object(sha)

                        if isinstance(obj, Tag):

                            sha = _repo.get_object(sha).object[1]

                    _refs[_key] = [sha, type_]

                    break

        return _refs

    def _heads(self, reverse=False):

        refs = self._repo.get_refs()

        heads = {}

        for key, val in refs.items():

            for ref_key in ['refs/heads/', 'refs/remotes/origin/']:

                if key.startswith(ref_key):

                    n = key[len(ref_key):]

                    if n not in ['HEAD']:

                        heads[n] = val

        return heads if reverse else dict((y, x) for x, y in heads.iteritems())

    def get_changeset(self, revision=None):

        """

        Returns ``GitChangeset`` object representing commit from git repository

        at the given revision or head (most recent commit) if None given.

        """

        if isinstance(revision, GitChangeset):

            return revision

        revision = self._get_revision(revision)

        changeset = GitChangeset(repository=self, revision=revision)

        return changeset

    def get_changesets(self, start=None, end=None, start_date=None,