rebase on master

Author: Yobmod

.appveyor.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ environment:
     CYGWIN64_GIT_PATH: "C:\\cygwin64\\bin;%GIT_DAEMON_PATH%"
 
     matrix:
+      - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34-x64"
+        PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4"
+        GIT_PATH: "%GIT_DAEMON_PATH%"
       - PYTHON: "C:\\Python35-x64"
         PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5"
         GIT_PATH: "%GIT_DAEMON_PATH%"

.gitignore

@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ nbproject
 /.vscode/
 .idea/
 .cache/
-.mypy_cache/
-.pytest_cache/

.travis.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # UNUSED, only for reference. If adjustments are needed, please see github actions
 language: python
 python:
+  - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"

README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ If it is not in your `PATH`, you can help GitPython find it by setting
 the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=<path/to/git>` environment variable.
 
 * Git (1.7.x or newer)
-* Python >= 3.5
+* Python >= 3.4
 
 The list of dependencies are listed in `./requirements.txt` and `./test-requirements.txt`.
 The installer takes care of installing them for you.

doc/source/intro.rst

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* `Python`_ >= 3.5
+* `Python`_ >= 3.4
 * `Git`_ 1.7.0 or newer
     It should also work with older versions, but it may be that some operations
     involving remotes will not work as expected.

setup.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir, excludes=[]):
     include_package_data=True,
     py_modules=build_py_modules("./git", excludes=["git.ext.*"]),
     package_dir={'git': 'git'},
-    python_requires='>=3.5',
+    python_requires='>=3.4',
     install_requires=requirements,
     tests_require=requirements + test_requirements,
     zip_safe=False,
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ def build_py_modules(basedir, excludes=[]):
         "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8"
     ]
 )

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py35,py36,py37,py38,flake8
+envlist = py34,py35,py36,py37,py38,flake8
 
 [testenv]
 commands = python -m unittest --buffer {posargs}