Everything starts either by creating a new repository, or by opening an existing one.

.. autofunction:: pygit2.init_repository

   Example::

     >>> from pygit2 import init_repository
     >>> repo = init_repository('test')            # Creates a non-bare repository
     >>> repo = init_repository('test', bare=True) # Creates a bare repository

.. autofunction:: pygit2.clone_repository

   Example::

     >>> from pygit2 import clone_repository
     >>> repo_url = 'git://github.com/libgit2/pygit2.git'
     >>> repo_path = '/path/to/create/repository'
     >>> repo = clone_repository(repo_url, repo_path) # Clones a non-bare repository
     >>> repo = clone_repository(repo_url, repo_path, bare=True) # Clones a bare repository

.. autofunction:: pygit2.discover_repository

   Example::

     >>> current_working_directory = os.getcwd()
     >>> repository_path = discover_repository(current_working_directory)
     >>> repo = Repository(repository_path)

.. py:class:: pygit2.Repository(path)

   The Repository constructor only takes one argument, the path of the
   repository to open.

   Example::

     >>> from pygit2 import Repository
     >>> repo = Repository('pygit2/.git')

The API of the Repository class is quite large. Since this documentation is orgaized by features, the related bits are explained in the related chapters, for instance the :py:meth:`pygit2.Repository.checkout` method are explained in the Checkout section.

Below there are some general attributes and methods:

.. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.path

.. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.workdir

.. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.is_bare

.. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.is_empty

.. autoattribute:: pygit2.Repository.default_signature

.. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.read

.. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.write

.. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.reset

.. automethod:: pygit2.Repository.state_cleanup