GitPython not able to import Repo from Git

Question

I am having a python script like below in a file git.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
from git import Repo
git_path = "test"
repo = Repo(git_path)
assert not repo.bare

Python version is : Python 2.7.12

OS : Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

Gitpython - 2.1.7

I am getting the below error when i run python git.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "git.py", line 4, in <module>
 from git import Repo
 File "/home/user/demo_files/git.py", line 4, in <module>
 from git import Repo
ImportError: cannot import name Repo

I have checked most of the links ,available not able to resolve my issue. Please help me.

• user8651755: You need to rename your script to something other than git.py.
• robin: I changed it to test2.py, stil lthe same issue.
• robin: you are correct i had my pyc file remaning in the fodler thats why it was not working . thank you

Answer 1

Change your file name from git.py to othername .py, since your file is referring to itself it is throwing error