@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     string_types,
     defenc,
     force_bytes,
-    PY3,
     safe_decode,
     is_posix,
     is_win,
@@ -916,18 +915,12 @@ def transform_kwargs(self, split_single_char_options=True, **kwargs):
     @classmethod
     def __unpack_args(cls, arg_list):
         if not isinstance(arg_list, (list, tuple)):
-            # This is just required for unicode conversion, as subprocess can't handle it
-            # However, in any other case, passing strings (usually utf-8 encoded) is totally fine
-            if not PY3 and isinstance(arg_list, str):
-                return [arg_list.encode(defenc)]
             return [str(arg_list)]
 
         outlist = []
         for arg in arg_list:
             if isinstance(arg_list, (list, tuple)):
                 outlist.extend(cls.__unpack_args(arg))
-            elif not PY3 and isinstance(arg_list, str):
-                outlist.append(arg_list.encode(defenc))
             # END recursion
             else:
                 outlist.append(str(arg))
 
@@ -70,9 +70,5 @@ class metaclass(meta):
         def __new__(cls, name, nbases, d):
             if nbases is None:
                 return type.__new__(cls, name, (), d)
-            # There may be clients who rely on this attribute to be set to a reasonable value, which is why
-            # we set the __metaclass__ attribute explicitly
-            if not PY3 and '___metaclass__' not in d:
-                d['__metaclass__'] = meta
             return meta(name, bases, d)
     return metaclass(meta.__name__ + 'Helper', None, {})
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     defenc,
     force_text,
     with_metaclass,
-    PY3,
     is_win,
 )
 from git.util import LockFile
@@ -372,9 +371,7 @@ def string_decode(v):
                 v = v[:-1]
             # end cut trailing escapes to prevent decode error
 
-            if PY3:
-                return v.encode(defenc).decode('unicode_escape')
-            return v.decode('string_escape')
+            return v.encode(defenc).decode('unicode_escape')
             # end
         # end
 
 
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 import re
 
 from git.cmd import handle_process_output
-from git.compat import (
-    defenc,
-    PY3
-)
+from git.compat import defenc
 from git.util import finalize_process, hex_to_bin
 
 from .objects.blob import Blob
@@ -27,10 +24,7 @@
 def _octal_repl(matchobj):
     value = matchobj.group(1)
     value = int(value, 8)
-    if PY3:
-        value = bytes(bytearray((value,)))
-    else:
-        value = chr(value)
+    value = bytes(bytearray((value,)))
     return value
 
 
@@ -369,8 +363,6 @@ def __str__(self):
         # Python2 silliness: have to assure we convert our likely to be unicode object to a string with the
         # right encoding. Otherwise it tries to convert it using ascii, which may fail ungracefully
         res = h + msg
-        if not PY3:
-            res = res.encode(defenc)
         # end
         return res
 
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 from git.cmd import PROC_CREATIONFLAGS, handle_process_output
 from git.compat import (
-    PY3,
     defenc,
     force_text,
     force_bytes,
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def run_commit_hook(name, index, *args):
         return
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    env['GIT_INDEX_FILE'] = safe_decode(index.path) if PY3 else safe_encode(index.path)
+    env['GIT_INDEX_FILE'] = safe_decode(index.path)
     env['GIT_EDITOR'] = ':'
     try:
         cmd = subprocess.Popen([hp] + list(args),
 
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
     tree_to_stream
 )
 
-from git.compat import PY3
-
-if PY3:
-    cmp = lambda a, b: (a > b) - (a < b)
+cmp = lambda a, b: (a > b) - (a < b)
 
 __all__ = ("TreeModifier", "Tree")
 
 
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import time
 
 from git.compat import (
-    PY3,
     string_types,
     defenc
 )
@@ -35,12 +34,7 @@ class RefLogEntry(tuple):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """Representation of ourselves in git reflog format"""
-        res = self.format()
-        if PY3:
-            return res
-        # repr must return a string, which it will auto-encode from unicode using the default encoding.
-        # This usually fails, so we encode ourselves
-        return res.encode(defenc)
+        return self.format()
 
     def format(self):
         """:return: a string suitable to be placed in a reflog file"""
 
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from git.compat import (
     text_type,
     defenc,
-    PY3,
     safe_decode,
     is_win,
 )
@@ -691,11 +690,8 @@ def _get_untracked_files(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # Special characters are escaped
             if filename[0] == filename[-1] == '"':
                 filename = filename[1:-1]
-                if PY3:
-                    # WHATEVER ... it's a mess, but works for me
-                    filename = filename.encode('ascii').decode('unicode_escape').encode('latin1').decode(defenc)
-                else:
-                    filename = filename.decode('string_escape').decode(defenc)
+                # WHATEVER ... it's a mess, but works for me
+                filename = filename.encode('ascii').decode('unicode_escape').encode('latin1').decode(defenc)
             untracked_files.append(filename)
         finalize_process(proc)
         return untracked_files
 
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ def test_tree_entries_from_data_with_failing_name_decode_py2(self):
         r = tree_entries_from_data(b'100644 \x9f\0aaa')
         assert r == [('aaa', 33188, u'\udc9f')], r
 
-    @skipIf(not PY3, 'odd types returned ... maybe figure it out one day')
     def test_tree_entries_from_data_with_failing_name_decode_py3(self):
         r = tree_entries_from_data(b'100644 \x9f\0aaa')
         assert r == [(b'aaa', 33188, '\udc9f')], r
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     Repo,
     cmd
 )
-from git.compat import PY3, is_darwin
+from git.compat import is_darwin
 from git.test.lib import (
     TestBase,
     patch,
@@ -61,18 +61,12 @@ def test_call_process_calls_execute(self, git):
 
     def test_call_unpack_args_unicode(self):
         args = Git._Git__unpack_args(u'Unicode€™')
-        if PY3:
-            mangled_value = 'Unicode\u20ac\u2122'
-        else:
-            mangled_value = 'Unicode\xe2\x82\xac\xe2\x84\xa2'
+        mangled_value = 'Unicode\u20ac\u2122'
         assert_equal(args, [mangled_value])
 
     def test_call_unpack_args(self):
         args = Git._Git__unpack_args(['git', 'log', '--', u'Unicode€™'])
-        if PY3:
-            mangled_value = 'Unicode\u20ac\u2122'
-        else:
-            mangled_value = 'Unicode\xe2\x82\xac\xe2\x84\xa2'
+        mangled_value = 'Unicode\u20ac\u2122'
         assert_equal(args, ['git', 'log', '--', mangled_value])
 
     @raises(GitCommandError)
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
18	18	tree_to_stream
19	19	)
20	20
21		- from git.compat import PY3
22		-
23		- if PY3:
24		- cmp = lambda a, b: (a > b) - (a < b)
	21	+ cmp = lambda a, b: (a > b) - (a < b)
25	22
26	23	__all__ = ("TreeModifier", "Tree")
27	24