@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ Repo
   currently regex are used a lot although we can deduct what will be next.
   - Read data from a stream directly from git command
 * Figure out how to implement a proper merge API
+* There should be a way to create refs and delete them, instead of having to use
+  the awkward Head.create( repo, ... ) way
+* repo.checkout should be added that does everything HEAD.reset does, but in addition
+  it allows to checkout heads beforehand, hence its more like a repo.head.reference = other_head.
+  
 
 Submodules
 ----------
 
@@ -256,9 +256,11 @@ def iter_items(cls, repo):
 	def refs(self):
 		"""
 		Returns
-			IterableList of RemoteReference objects
+			IterableList of RemoteReference objects. It is prefixed, allowing 
+			you to omit the remote path portion, i.e.::
+			 remote.refs.master # yields RemoteReference('/refs/remotes/origin/master')
 		"""
-		out_refs = IterableList(RemoteReference._id_attribute_)
+		out_refs = IterableList(RemoteReference._id_attribute_, "%s/" % self.name)
 		for ref in RemoteReference.list_items(self.repo):
 			if ref.remote_name == self.name:
 				out_refs.append(ref)
@@ -274,8 +276,11 @@ def stale_refs(self):
 			IterableList RemoteReference objects that do not have a corresponding 
 			head in the remote reference anymore as they have been deleted on the 
 			remote side, but are still available locally.
+			
+			The IterableList is prefixed, hence the 'origin' must be omitted. See
+			'refs' property for an example.
 		"""
-		out_refs = IterableList(RemoteReference._id_attribute_)
+		out_refs = IterableList(RemoteReference._id_attribute_, "%s/" % self.name)
 		for line in self.repo.git.remote("prune", "--dry-run", self).splitlines()[2:]:
 			# expecting 
 			# * [would prune] origin/new_branch
@@ -357,7 +362,6 @@ def update(self, **kwargs):
 
 	def _get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, stderr):
 		# skip first line as it is some remote info we are not interested in
-		print stderr
 		output = IterableList('name')
 		err_info = stderr.splitlines()[1:]
 
@@ -426,7 +430,12 @@ def push(self, refspec=None, **kwargs):
 		Returns
 			self
 		"""	
-		self.repo.git.push(self, refspec, **kwargs)
+		proc = self.repo.git.push(self, refspec, porcelain=True, as_process=True, **kwargs)
+		print "stdout"*10
+		print proc.stdout.read()
+		print "stderr"*10
+		print proc.stderr.read()
+		proc.wait()
 		return self
 
 	@property
 
@@ -260,16 +260,25 @@ class IterableList(list):
 	 heads.master
 	 heads['master']
 	 heads[0]
+	 
+	It requires an id_attribute name to be set which will be queried from its 
+	contained items to have a means for comparison.
+	
+	A prefix can be specified which is to be used in case the id returned by the 
+	items always contains a prefix that does not matter to the user, so it 
+	can be left out.
 	"""
-	__slots__ = '_id_attr'
+	__slots__ = ('_id_attr', '_prefix')
 
-	def __new__(cls, id_attr):
+	def __new__(cls, id_attr, prefix=''):
 		return super(IterableList,cls).__new__(cls)
 
-	def __init__(self, id_attr):
+	def __init__(self, id_attr, prefix=''):
 		self._id_attr = id_attr
+		self._prefix = prefix
 
 	def __getattr__(self, attr):
+		attr = self._prefix + attr
 		for item in self:
 			if getattr(item, self._id_attr) == attr:
 				return item
@@ -283,7 +292,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
 		try:
 			return getattr(self, index)
 		except AttributeError:
-			raise IndexError( "No item found with id %r" % index )
+			raise IndexError( "No item found with id %r" % self._prefix + index )
 
 class Iterable(object):
 	"""
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def _test_fetch_result(self, results, remote):
 		for info in results:
 			if isinstance(info.ref, Reference):
 				assert info.flags != 0
-			# END referebce type flags handling 
+			# END reference type flags handling 
 			assert isinstance(info.ref, (SymbolicReference, Reference))
 			if info.flags & info.FORCED_UPDATE:
 				assert isinstance(info.commit_before_forced_update, Commit)
@@ -122,8 +122,26 @@ def get_info(res, remote, name):
 		res = fetch_and_test(remote, tags=True)
 		self.failUnlessRaises(IndexError, get_info, res, remote, str(rtag))
 
+	def _test_push_and_pull(self,remote, rw_repo, remote_repo):
+		# push our changes
+		lhead = rw_repo.head
+		lindex = rw_repo.index
+		# assure we are on master and it is checked out where the remote is
+		lhead.reference = rw_repo.heads.master
+		lhead.reset(remote.refs.master, working_tree=True)
+		
+		# push without spec should fail ( without further configuration )
+		# self.failUnlessRaises(GitCommandError, remote.push)
+		
+		new_file = self._make_file("new_file", "hello world", rw_repo)
+		lindex.add([new_file])
+		lindex.commit("test commit")
+		remote.push(lhead.reference)
+		
+		self.fail("test --all")
+		self.fail("test rewind and force -push")
+		self.fail("test general fail due to invalid refspec")
 
-	def _test_pull(self,remote, rw_repo, remote_repo):
 		# pull is essentially a fetch + merge, hence we just do a light 
 		# test here, leave the reset to the actual merge testing
 		# fails as we did not specify a branch and there is no configuration for it
@@ -184,7 +202,7 @@ def test_base(self, rw_repo, remote_repo):
 			self._test_fetch(remote, rw_repo, remote_repo)
 
 			# PULL TESTING
-			self._test_pull(remote, rw_repo, remote_repo)
+			self._test_push_and_pull(remote, rw_repo, remote_repo)
 
 			remote.update()
 		# END for each remote