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+# Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Sebastian Thiel (byronimo@gmail.com) and contributors
+#
+# This module is part of GitDB and is released under
+# the New BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+"""Module providing adaptors to maintain backwards compatability"""
+
+class RepoCompatibilityInterface(object):
+	"""Interface to install backwards compatability of the new complex repository
+	types with the previous, all in one, repository."""
+	
+	@property
+	def bare(self):
+		return self.is_bare
+		
+	def rev_parse(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		return self.resolve_object(*args, **kwargs)
+		
+	@property
+	def odb(self):
+		"""The odb is now an integrated part of each repository"""
+		return self
+		
+	@property
+	def active_branch(self):
+		"""The name of the currently active branch.
+
+		:return: Head to the active branch"""
+		return self.head.reference
+		
+	def __repr__(self):
+		return '<git.Repo "%s">' % self.git_dir