Drop Python 3.7

Author: mwtoews

.basedpyright/baseline.json

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         command -v git python
         git version
         python --version
-        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"sys.platform={sys.platform!r}, os.name={os.name!r}")'
+        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"{sys.platform=}, {os.name=}")'
 
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |

.github/workflows/alpine-test.yml

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         command -v git python
         git version
         python --version
-        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"sys.platform={sys.platform!r}, os.name={os.name!r}")'
+        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"{sys.platform=}, {os.name=}")'
 
     - name: Test with pytest (${{ matrix.additional-pytest-args }})
       run: |

.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.7' && 'ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         project: [smmap, gitdb]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.13t"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.13t"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7

.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

@@ -17,22 +17,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os-type: [ubuntu, macos, windows]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.14t", "3.15", "3.15t"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.14t", "3.15", "3.15t"]
         exclude:
-        - os-type: macos
-          python-version: "3.7"  # Not available for the ARM-based macOS runners.
         - os-type: macos
           python-version: "3.14t"
         - os-type: macos
           python-version: "3.15t"
         include:
-        - os-ver: latest
-        - os-type: ubuntu
-          python-version: "3.7"
-          os-ver: "22.04"
         - build-docs: true  # We ensure documentation builds, except on very old interpreters.
-        - python-version: "3.7"
-          build-docs: false
         - python-version: "3.8"
           build-docs: false
         - experimental: false
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
       fail-fast: false
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os-type }}-${{ matrix.os-ver }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os-type }}-latest
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -140,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         command -v git python
         git version
         python --version
-        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"sys.platform={sys.platform!r}, os.name={os.name!r}")'
+        python -c 'import os, sys; print(f"{sys.platform=}, {os.name=}")'
 
     # For debugging hook tests on native Windows systems that may have WSL.
     - name: Show bash.exe candidates (Windows)
@@ -152,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: true
 
     - name: Check types with mypy
-      if: matrix.python-version != '3.7' && matrix.python-version != '3.8'
+      if: matrix.python-version != '3.8'
       run: |
         mypy --python-version="${PYTHON_VERSION%t}"  # Version only, with no "t" for free-threaded.
       env:

.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ GitPython needs the `git` executable to be installed on the system and available
 by setting the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE=<path/to/git>` environment variable.
 
 - Git (1.7.x or newer)
-- Python >= 3.7
+- Python >= 3.8
 
 The list of dependencies are listed in [`./requirements.txt`](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/main/requirements.txt) and [`./test-requirements.txt`](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/main/test-requirements.txt).
 The installer takes care of installing them for you.

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* `Python`_ >= 3.7
+* `Python`_ >= 3.8
 * `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.

doc/source/intro.rst

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def read_lines_from_file(file_path: str) -> list:
     except FileNotFoundError:
         print(f"File not found: {file_path}")
         return []
-    except IOError as e:
+    except OSError as e:
         print(f"Error reading file {file_path}: {e}")
         return []
 

fuzzing/fuzz-targets/utils.py

@@ -295,6 +295,6 @@ def refresh(path: Optional[PathLike] = None) -> None:
 try:
     refresh()
 except Exception as _exc:
-    raise ImportError("Failed to initialize: {0}".format(_exc)) from _exc
+    raise ImportError(f"Failed to initialize: {_exc}") from _exc
 
 # } END initialize git executable path

git/__init__.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     Dict,
     Generic,
     List,
+    OrderedDict,
     Sequence,
     Tuple,
     TypeVar,
@@ -47,15 +48,7 @@
 T_ConfigParser = TypeVar("T_ConfigParser", bound="GitConfigParser")
 T_OMD_value = TypeVar("T_OMD_value", str, bytes, int, float, bool, None)
 
-if sys.version_info[:3] < (3, 7, 2):
-    # typing.Ordereddict not added until Python 3.7.2.
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-
-    OrderedDict_OMD = OrderedDict
-else:
-    from typing import OrderedDict
-
-    OrderedDict_OMD = OrderedDict[str, List[T_OMD_value]]  # type: ignore[assignment, misc]
+OrderedDict_OMD = OrderedDict[str, List[T_OMD_value]]
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -259,7 +252,7 @@ def setlast(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
 
         self.getall(key)[-1] = value
 
-    def get(self, key: str, default: Union[_T, None] = None) -> Union[_T, None]:
+    def get(self, key: str, default: Union[_T, None] = None) -> Union[_T, None]:  # type: ignore[override]
         return super().get(self._key(key), [default])[-1]
 
     def getall(self, key: str) -> List[_T]:
@@ -381,7 +374,7 @@ def __init__(
             Reference to repository to use if ``[includeIf]`` sections are found in
             configuration files.
         """
-        cp.RawConfigParser.__init__(self, dict_type=_OMD, allow_no_value=True)
+        cp.RawConfigParser.__init__(self, dict_type=cast(Any, _OMD), allow_no_value=True)
         self._dict: Callable[..., _OMD]
         self._defaults: _OMD
         self._sections: _OMD
@@ -458,7 +451,7 @@ def release(self) -> None:
 
         try:
             self.write()
-        except IOError:
+        except OSError:
             _logger.error("Exception during destruction of GitConfigParser", exc_info=True)
         except ReferenceError:
             # This happens in Python 3... and usually means that some state cannot be
@@ -759,7 +752,7 @@ def read(self) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
                     with open(file_path, "rb") as fp:
                         file_ok = True
                         self._read(fp, fp.name)
-                except IOError:
+                except OSError:
                     continue
 
             # Read includes and append those that we didn't handle yet. We expect all
@@ -909,7 +902,7 @@ def write(self) -> None:
 
     def _assure_writable(self, method_name: str) -> None:
         if self.read_only:
-            raise IOError("Cannot execute non-constant method %s.%s" % (self, method_name))
+            raise OSError(f"Cannot execute non-constant method {self}.{method_name}")
 
     def add_section(self, section: "cp._SectionName") -> None:
         """Assures added options will stay in order."""