@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "lib/git/ext/gitdb"]
+	path = lib/git/ext/gitdb
+	url = git://gitorious.org/git-python/gitdb.git
@@ -5,10 +5,25 @@
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
 import os
+import sys
 import inspect
 
 __version__ = 'git'
 
+
+#{ Initialization
+def _init_externals():
+	"""Initialize external projects by putting them into the path"""
+	sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'ext'))
+	
+#} END initialization
+
+#################
+_init_externals()
+#################
+
+#{ Imports
+
 from git.config import GitConfigParser
 from git.objects import *
 from git.refs import *
@@ -22,8 +37,8 @@
 from git.index import *
 from git.utils import LockFile, BlockingLockFile
 
-# odb is NOT imported intentionally - if you really want it, you should get it 
-# yourself as its part of the core
+#} 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)) ]
+			
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@
 class InvalidGitRepositoryError(Exception):
     """ Thrown if the given repository appears to have an invalid format.  """
 
-class ODBError(Exception):
-	"""All errors thrown by the object database"""
-	
-class InvalidDBRoot(ODBError):
-	"""Thrown if an object database cannot be initialized at the given path"""
-	
-class BadObject(ODBError):
-	"""The object with the given SHA does not exist"""
-	
-class BadObjectType(ODBError):
-	"""The object had an unsupported type"""
-
 class NoSuchPathError(OSError):
     """ Thrown if a path could not be access by the system. """
 
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import git.stats as stats
 from git.actor import Actor
 from tree import Tree
-from git.odb import IStream
+from gitdb import IStream
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 import base
 import utils
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
	1	+ [submodule "lib/git/ext/gitdb"]
	2	+ path = lib/git/ext/gitdb
	3	+ url = git://gitorious.org/git-python/gitdb.git