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pygit2 unable to commit changes

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, python
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the repository.create_commit call in pygit2 1.7.0 and the repository.head.get_object() expression shown in the report. Reproduce the KeyError with the provided snippet and verify the expected current API for obtaining the parent commit. Done means the reported commit operation succeeds or the issue is narrowed with the missing repository, object-type, and version details.

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Description

pygit2 == 1.7.0

I have been trying to commit changes to repo but unable to do so

snippet
oid = repository.create_commit(<branch_name>, author, commiter, message, tree, [repository.head.get_object().hex])
author and commiter are already defined

looks like get_object. was deprecated in newer version . are there any work arounds in latest version for commiting changes

error >>

KeyError: 'the requested type does not match the type in the ODB'

let know if any more details are needed

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