@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This document follows the conventions laid out in [Keep a CHANGELOG][].
 -   Added function that sets Py_NoSiteFlag to 1.
 -   Added support for Jetson Nano.
 -   Added support for __len__ for .NET classes that implement ICollection
+-   Added `object.GetRawPythonProxy() -> PyObject` extension method, that bypasses any conversions
 
 ### Changed
 
 
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Repo", "Repo", "{441A0123-F4C6-4EE4-9AEE-315FD79BE2D5}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		.editorconfig = .editorconfig
+		.gitignore = .gitignore
+		CHANGELOG.md = CHANGELOG.md
+		README.rst = README.rst
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "CI", "CI", "{D301657F-5EAF-4534-B280-B858D651B2E5}"
 
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Python.Runtime;
 
 namespace Python.EmbeddingTest
 {
+    using System;
+
     public class TestConverter
     {
         [OneTimeSetUp]
@@ -44,5 +47,26 @@ public void TestConvertDoubleToManaged(
             Assert.IsTrue(converted);
             Assert.IsTrue(((double) convertedValue).Equals(testValue));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void RawListProxy()
+        {
+            var list = new List<string> {"hello", "world"};
+            var listProxy = list.GetRawPythonProxy();
+            var clrObject = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(listProxy.Handle);
+            Assert.AreSame(list, clrObject.inst);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void RawPyObjectProxy()
+        {
+            var pyObject = "hello world!".ToPython();
+            var pyObjectProxy = pyObject.GetRawPythonProxy();
+            var clrObject = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(pyObjectProxy.Handle);
+            Assert.AreSame(pyObject, clrObject.inst);
+
+            var proxiedHandle = pyObjectProxy.GetAttr("Handle").As<IntPtr>();
+            Assert.AreEqual(pyObject.Handle, proxiedHandle);
+        }
     }
 }
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public void Dispose()
             this.pointer = IntPtr.Zero;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates <see cref="NewReference"/> from a raw pointer
+        /// </summary>
+        public static NewReference DangerousFromPointer(IntPtr pointer)
+            => new NewReference {pointer = pointer};
+
         [Pure]
         internal static IntPtr DangerousGetAddress(in NewReference reference)
             => IsNull(reference) ? throw new NullReferenceException() : reference.pointer;
 
@@ -68,5 +68,17 @@ internal static IntPtr GetInstHandle(object ob)
             CLRObject co = GetInstance(ob);
             return co.pyHandle;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates <see cref="CLRObject"/> proxy for the given object,
+        /// and returns a <see cref="NewReference"/> to it.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static NewReference MakeNewReference(object obj)
+        {
+            if (obj is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));
+
+            // TODO: CLRObject currently does not have Dispose or finalizer which might change in the future
+            return NewReference.DangerousFromPointer(GetInstHandle(obj));
+        }
     }
 }
@@ -967,5 +967,16 @@ public static PyObject ToPython(this object o)
         {
             return new PyObject(Converter.ToPython(o, o?.GetType()));
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets raw Python proxy for this object (bypasses all conversions,
+        /// except <c>null</c> &lt;==&gt; <c>None</c>)
+        /// </summary>
+        public static PyObject GetRawPythonProxy(this object o)
+        {
+            if (o is null) return new PyObject(new BorrowedReference(Runtime.PyNone));
+
+            return CLRObject.MakeNewReference(o).MoveToPyObject();
+        }
     }
 }
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@@ -68,5 +68,17 @@ internal static IntPtr GetInstHandle(object ob)
68	68	CLRObject co = GetInstance(ob);
69	69	return co.pyHandle;
70	70	}
	71	+
	72	+ /// <summary>
	73	+ /// Creates <see cref="CLRObject"/> proxy for the given object,
	74	+ /// and returns a <see cref="NewReference"/> to it.
	75	+ /// </summary>
	76	+ internal static NewReference MakeNewReference(object obj)
	77	+ {
	78	+ if (obj is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));
	79	+
	80	+ // TODO: CLRObject currently does not have Dispose or finalizer which might change in the future
	81	+ return NewReference.DangerousFromPointer(GetInstHandle(obj));
	82	+ }
71	83	}
72	84	}
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@@ -967,5 +967,16 @@ public static PyObject ToPython(this object o)
967	967	{
968	968	return new PyObject(Converter.ToPython(o, o?.GetType()));
969	969	}
	970	+
	971	+ /// <summary>
	972	+ /// Gets raw Python proxy for this object (bypasses all conversions,
	973	+ /// except <c>null</c> <==> <c>None</c>)
	974	+ /// </summary>
	975	+ public static PyObject GetRawPythonProxy(this object o)
	976	+ {
	977	+ if (o is null) return new PyObject(new BorrowedReference(Runtime.PyNone));
	978	+
	979	+ return CLRObject.MakeNewReference(o).MoveToPyObject();
	980	+ }
970	981	}
971	982	}