@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include README.md
 include VERSION
 include requirements.txt
 include test-requirements.txt
+include git/py.typed
 
 recursive-include doc *
 recursive-exclude test *
 
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ def polish_url(cls, url: str, is_cygwin: Literal[False] = ...) -> str:
 
     @overload
     @classmethod
-    def polish_url(cls, url: PathLike, is_cygwin: Union[None, bool] = None) -> str:
+    def polish_url(cls, url: str, is_cygwin: Union[None, bool] = None) -> str:
         ...
 
     @classmethod
-    def polish_url(cls, url: PathLike, is_cygwin: Union[None, bool] = None) -> PathLike:
+    def polish_url(cls, url: str, is_cygwin: Union[None, bool] = None) -> PathLike:
         if is_cygwin is None:
             is_cygwin = cls.is_cygwin()
 
 
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
 import configparser as cp
 
-from pathlib import Path
-
 # typing-------------------------------------------------------
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, IO, List, Dict, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, Union, cast, overload
@@ -330,7 +328,7 @@ def _acquire_lock(self) -> None:
                         "Write-ConfigParsers can operate on a single file only, multiple files have been passed")
                 # END single file check
 
-                if isinstance(self._file_or_files, (str, Path)):  # cannot narrow by os._pathlike until 3.5 dropped
+                if isinstance(self._file_or_files, (str, os.PathLike)):
                     file_or_files = self._file_or_files
                 else:
                     file_or_files = cast(IO, self._file_or_files).name
@@ -696,6 +694,16 @@ def read_only(self) -> bool:
         """:return: True if this instance may change the configuration file"""
         return self._read_only
 
+    @overload
+    def get_value(self, section: str, option: str, default: str
+                  ) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def get_value(self, section: str, option: str, default: float
+                  ) -> float:
+        ...
+
     def get_value(self, section: str, option: str, default: Union[int, float, str, bool, None] = None
                   ) -> Union[int, float, str, bool]:
         # can default or return type include bool?
 
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
-from git.refs.reference import Reference
+
 import glob
 from io import BytesIO
 import os
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from subprocess import Popen
     from git.repo import Repo
+    from git.refs.reference import Reference
+    from git.util import Actor
 
 
 StageType = int
@@ -966,8 +968,8 @@ def move(self, items: Sequence[Union[PathLike, Blob, BaseIndexEntry, Submodule]]
 
         return out
 
-    def commit(self, message: str, parent_commits=None, head: bool = True, author: str = None,
-               committer: str = None, author_date: str = None, commit_date: str = None,
+    def commit(self, message: str, parent_commits=None, head: bool = True, author: Union[None, 'Actor'] = None,
+               committer: Union[None, 'Actor'] = None, author_date: str = None, commit_date: str = None,
                skip_hooks: bool = False) -> Commit:
         """Commit the current default index file, creating a commit object.
         For more information on the arguments, see tree.commit.
@@ -1191,7 +1193,7 @@ def handle_stderr(proc: 'Popen[bytes]', iter_checked_out_files: Iterable[PathLik
         assert "Should not reach this point"
 
     @default_index
-    def reset(self, commit: Union[Commit, Reference, str] = 'HEAD', working_tree: bool = False,
+    def reset(self, commit: Union[Commit, 'Reference', str] = 'HEAD', working_tree: bool = False,
               paths: Union[None, Iterable[PathLike]] = None,
               head: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> 'IndexFile':
         """Reset the index to reflect the tree at the given commit. This will not
 
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 
 from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
 
-from git.types import PathLike
+from git.types import PathLike, Commit_ish
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from git.repo import Repo
     from gitdb.base import OStream
     from .tree import Tree
     from .blob import Blob
-    from .tag import TagObject
-    from .commit import Commit
+    from .submodule.base import Submodule
+
+IndexObjUnion = Union['Tree', 'Blob', 'Submodule']
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ def new(cls, repo: 'Repo', id):  # @ReservedAssignment
         return repo.rev_parse(str(id))
 
     @classmethod
-    def new_from_sha(cls, repo: 'Repo', sha1: bytes) -> Union['Commit', 'TagObject', 'Tree', 'Blob']:
+    def new_from_sha(cls, repo: 'Repo', sha1: bytes) -> Commit_ish:
         """
         :return: new object instance of a type appropriate to represent the given
             binary sha1