exist.

        :raise ChangesetDoesNotExistError: If changeset for given ``start`` or

          ``end`` could not be found.

        """

        if branch_name and branch_name not in self.branches:

            raise BranchDoesNotExistError("Branch '%s' not found" \

                                          % branch_name)

        # actually we should check now if it's not an empty repo to not spaw

        # subprocess commands

        if self._empty:

            raise EmptyRepositoryError("There are no changesets yet")

        # %H at format means (full) commit hash, initial hashes are retrieved

        # in ascending date order

        cmd_template = 'log --date-order --reverse --pretty=format:"%H"'

        cmd_params = {}

        if start_date:

            cmd_template += ' --since "$since"'

            cmd_params['since'] = start_date.strftime('%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')

        if end_date:

            cmd_template += ' --until "$until"'

            cmd_params['until'] = end_date.strftime('%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')

        if branch_name:

            cmd_template += ' $branch_name'

            cmd_params['branch_name'] = branch_name

        else:

            rev_filter = settings.GIT_REV_FILTER

            cmd_template += ' %s' % (rev_filter)

        cmd = string.Template(cmd_template).safe_substitute(**cmd_params)

        revs = self.run_git_command(cmd)[0].splitlines()

        start_pos = 0

        end_pos = len(revs)

        if start:

            _start = self._get_revision(start)

            try:

                start_pos = revs.index(_start)

            except ValueError:

                pass

        if end is not None:

            _end = self._get_revision(end)

            try:

                end_pos = revs.index(_end)

            except ValueError:

                pass

        if None not in [start, end] and start_pos > end_pos:

            raise RepositoryError('start cannot be after end')

        if end_pos is not None:

            end_pos += 1

        revs = revs[start_pos:end_pos]

        if reverse:

            revs = reversed(revs)

        return CollectionGenerator(self, revs)

    def get_diff(self, rev1, rev2, path=None, ignore_whitespace=False,

                 context=3):

        """

        Returns (git like) *diff*, as plain text. Shows changes introduced by

        ``rev2`` since ``rev1``.

        :param rev1: Entry point from which diff is shown. Can be

          ``self.EMPTY_CHANGESET`` - in this case, patch showing all

          the changes since empty state of the repository until ``rev2``

        :param rev2: Until which revision changes should be shown.

        :param ignore_whitespace: If set to ``True``, would not show whitespace

          changes. Defaults to ``False``.

        :param context: How many lines before/after changed lines should be

          shown. Defaults to ``3``.

        """

        flags = ['-U%s' % context, '--full-index', '--binary', '-p', '-M', '--abbrev=40']

        if ignore_whitespace:

            flags.append('-w')

        if hasattr(rev1, 'raw_id'):

            rev1 = getattr(rev1, 'raw_id')

        if hasattr(rev2, 'raw_id'):

            rev2 = getattr(rev2, 'raw_id')

        if rev1 == self.EMPTY_CHANGESET:

            rev2 = self.get_changeset(rev2).raw_id

            cmd = ' '.join(['show'] + flags + [rev2])

        else:

            rev1 = self.get_changeset(rev1).raw_id

            rev2 = self.get_changeset(rev2).raw_id

            cmd = ' '.join(['diff'] + flags + [rev1, rev2])

        if path:

            cmd += ' -- "%s"' % path

        stdout, stderr = self.run_git_command(cmd)

        # If we used 'show' command, strip first few lines (until actual diff

        # starts)

        if rev1 == self.EMPTY_CHANGESET:

        return stdout

    @LazyProperty

    def in_memory_changeset(self):

        """

        Returns ``GitInMemoryChangeset`` object for this repository.

        """

        return GitInMemoryChangeset(self)

    def clone(self, url, update_after_clone=True, bare=False):

        """

        Tries to clone changes from external location.

        :param update_after_clone: If set to ``False``, git won't checkout

          working directory

        :param bare: If set to ``True``, repository would be cloned into

          *bare* git repository (no working directory at all).

        """

        url = self._get_url(url)

        cmd = ['clone', '-q']

        if bare:

            cmd.append('--bare')

        elif not update_after_clone:

            cmd.append('--no-checkout')

        cmd += ['--', quote(url), quote(self.path)]

        cmd = ' '.join(cmd)

        # If error occurs run_git_command raises RepositoryError already

        self.run_git_command(cmd)

    def pull(self, url):

        """

        Tries to pull changes from external location.

        """

        url = self._get_url(url)

        cmd = ['pull', "--ff-only", quote(url)]

        cmd = ' '.join(cmd)

        # If error occurs run_git_command raises RepositoryError already

        self.run_git_command(cmd)

    def fetch(self, url):

        """

        Tries to pull changes from external location.

        """

        url = self._get_url(url)

        so, se = self.run_git_command('ls-remote -h %s' % quote(url))

        refs = []

        for line in (x for x in so.splitlines()):

            sha, ref = line.split('\t')

            refs.append(ref)

        refs = ' '.join(('+%s:%s' % (r, r) for r in refs))

        cmd = '''fetch %s -- %s''' % (quote(url), refs)

        self.run_git_command(cmd)

    def _update_server_info(self):

        """

        runs gits update-server-info command in this repo instance

        """

        from dulwich.server import update_server_info

        update_server_info(self._repo)

    @LazyProperty

    def workdir(self):

        """

        Returns ``Workdir`` instance for this repository.

        """

        return GitWorkdir(self)

    def get_config_value(self, section, name, config_file=None):

        """

        Returns configuration value for a given [``section``] and ``name``.

        :param section: Section we want to retrieve value from

        :param name: Name of configuration we want to retrieve

        :param config_file: A path to file which should be used to retrieve

          configuration from (might also be a list of file paths)

        """

        if config_file is None:

            config_file = []

        elif isinstance(config_file, basestring):

            config_file = [config_file]

        def gen_configs():

            for path in config_file + self._config_files:

                try:

                    yield ConfigFile.from_path(path)

                except (IOError, OSError, ValueError):

                    continue

        for config in gen_configs():

            try:

                return config.get(section, name)

            except KeyError:

                continue

        return None

    def get_user_name(self, config_file=None):