@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [submodule "async"]
 	path = git/ext/async
 	url = http://github.com/gitpython-developers/async.git
+	branch = master
 [submodule "smmap"]
 	path = git/ext/smmap
 	url = http://github.com/Byron/smmap.git 
+	branch = master
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ The object database implementation is optimized for handling large quantities of
 REQUIREMENTS
 ============
 
-* Git ( tested with 1.7.3.2 )
+* Git ( tested with 1.8.3.4 )
 * Python Nose - used for running the tests
-* Mock by Michael Foord used for tests. Requires 0.5
+ * Tested with nose 1.3.0
+* Mock by Michael Foord used for tests
+ * Tested with 1.0.1
 
 INSTALL
 =======
 
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 
 #{ Initialization
 def _init_externals():
-	"""Initialize external projects by putting them into the path"""
-	ext_base = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'ext') 
-	for package in ('async', 'smmap'):
-		sys.path.append(os.path.join(ext_base, package))
-		try:
-			__import__(package)
-		except ImportError:
-			raise ImportError("%r could not be found in your PYTHONPATH" % package)
-		#END verify import
-	#END handle external import 
-	
+    """Initialize external projects by putting them into the path"""
+    ext_base = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'ext') 
+    for package in ('async', 'smmap'):
+        sys.path.append(os.path.join(ext_base, package))
+        try:
+            __import__(package)
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError("%r could not be found in your PYTHONPATH" % package)
+        #END verify import
+    #END handle external import 
+    
 #} END initialization
 
 #################
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ def _init_externals():
 from git.index import *
 from git.repo import Repo
 from git.util import (
-						LockFile, 
-						BlockingLockFile, 
-						Stats,
-						Actor
-						)
+                        LockFile, 
+                        BlockingLockFile, 
+                        Stats,
+                        Actor
+                        )
 
 #} END imports
 
 __all__ = [ name for name, obj in locals().items()
-			if not (name.startswith('_') or inspect.ismodule(obj)) ]
-			
+            if not (name.startswith('_') or inspect.ismodule(obj)) ]
+