hopa:~deb/build-area/python-git-1.0.1+git72-g039e265
$> GIT_PYTHON_TEST_GIT_REPO_BASE=$PWD/build/test/GitPython nosetests -s -v --pdb git/test/performance/test_commit.py 
test_commit_iteration (git.test.performance.test_commit.TestPerformance) ... Iterated 1250 Commits in 0.108746051788 [s] ( 11494.670192 commits/s )
ok
test_commit_serialization (git.test.performance.test_commit.TestPerformance) ... > /home/yoh/deb/gits/build-area/python-git-1.0.1+git72-g039e265/git/test/test_commit.py(57)assert_commit_serialization()
-> assert istream.hexsha == cm.hexsha.encode('ascii')
(Pdb) print istream.hexsha
66aa07976c27f9de05fd2da30f09627f365154ef
(Pdb) cm.hexsha.encode('ascii')
'e3068025b64bee24efc1063aba5138708737c158'
(Pdb) l
 52             ns += 1
 53             streamlen = stream.tell()
 54             stream.seek(0)
 55     
 56             istream = rwrepo.odb.store(IStream(Commit.type, streamlen, stream))
 57  ->         assert istream.hexsha == cm.hexsha.encode('ascii')
 58     
 59             nc = Commit(rwrepo, Commit.NULL_BIN_SHA, cm.tree,
 60                         cm.author, cm.authored_date, cm.author_tz_offset,
 61                         cm.committer, cm.committed_date, cm.committer_tz_offset,
 62                         cm.message, cm.parents, cm.encoding)

$> locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

$> apt-cache policy python-gitdb
python-gitdb:
  Installed: 0.6.4-1
  Candidate: 0.6.4-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.4-1 0
        300 http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status