if branch and branch != cs.branch:

                return _prev(cs, branch)

            return cs

        return _prev(self, branch)

    def get_file_mode(self, path):

        """

        Returns stat mode of the file at the given ``path``.

        """

        # ensure path is traversed

        self._get_id_for_path(path)

        return self._stat_modes[path]

    def get_file_content(self, path):

        """

        Returns content of the file at given ``path``.

        """

        id = self._get_id_for_path(path)

        blob = self.repository._repo[id]

        return blob.as_pretty_string()

    def get_file_size(self, path):

        """

        Returns size of the file at given ``path``.

        """

        id = self._get_id_for_path(path)

        blob = self.repository._repo[id]

        return blob.raw_length()

    def get_file_changeset(self, path):

        """

        Returns last commit of the file at the given ``path``.

        """

        node = self.get_node(path)

        return node.history[0]

    def get_file_history(self, path):

        """

        Returns history of file as reversed list of ``Changeset`` objects for

        which file at given ``path`` has been modified.

        TODO: This function now uses os underlying 'git' and 'grep' commands

        which is generally not good. Should be replaced with algorithm

        iterating commits.

        """

                  self.id, path

               )

        so, se = self.repository.run_git_command(cmd)

        return [self.repository.get_changeset(id) for id in ids]

    def get_file_annotate(self, path):

        """

        Returns a list of three element tuples with lineno,changeset and line

        TODO: This function now uses os underlying 'git' command which is

        generally not good. Should be replaced with algorithm iterating

        commits.

        """

        cmd = 'blame -l --root -r %s -- "%s"' % (self.id, path)

        # -l     ==> outputs long shas (and we need all 40 characters)

        # --root ==> doesn't put '^' character for bounderies

        # -r sha ==> blames for the given revision

        so, se = self.repository.run_git_command(cmd)

        annotate = []

        for i, blame_line in enumerate(so.split('\n')[:-1]):

            ln_no = i + 1

            id, line = re.split(r' \(.+?\) ', blame_line, 1)

            annotate.append((ln_no, self.repository.get_changeset(id), line))

        return annotate

    def fill_archive(self, stream=None, kind='tgz', prefix=None,

                     subrepos=False):

        """

        Fills up given stream.

        :param stream: file like object.

        :param kind: one of following: ``zip``, ``tgz`` or ``tbz2``.

            Default: ``tgz``.

        :param prefix: name of root directory in archive.

            Default is repository name and changeset's raw_id joined with dash

            (``repo-tip.<KIND>``).

        :param subrepos: include subrepos in this archive.

        :raise ImproperArchiveTypeError: If given kind is wrong.

        :raise VcsError: If given stream is None

        """

        allowed_kinds = settings.ARCHIVE_SPECS.keys()

        if kind not in allowed_kinds:

            raise ImproperArchiveTypeError('Archive kind not supported use one'

                'of %s', allowed_kinds)

        if prefix is None:

            prefix = '%s-%s' % (self.repository.name, self.short_id)

        elif prefix.startswith('/'):

            raise VCSError("Prefix cannot start with leading slash")