From cd8d29215c3c414025ef64faf7f3d5d0eec51d65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kostis Anagnostopoulos <ankostis@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 20:50:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ext): stop importing git-submodules for gitdb & smmap

Stop importing on runtime submodules of this project: gitdb, smmap.
This overrides any other
method of setting `SYSPATH`, eg:
- pip install -e ./gitdb.git
- pip install -e .
- pip install git+https://...
- dependent projects for IDes(LiClipse & PyCharm).
- Manual maintain path.
---
 git/__init__.py | 18 ------------------
 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git/__init__.py b/git/__init__.py
index 0514d545b..6d506a51c 100644
--- a/git/__init__.py
+++ b/git/__init__.py
@@ -15,24 +15,6 @@
 __version__ = 'git'
 
 
-#{ Initialization
-def _init_externals():
-    """Initialize external projects by putting them into the path"""
-    if __version__ == 'git':
-        sys.path.insert(0, osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), 'ext', 'gitdb'))
-
-    try:
-        import gitdb
-    except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError("'gitdb' could not be found in your PYTHONPATH")
-    # END verify import
-
-#} END initialization
-
-#################
-_init_externals()
-#################
-
 #{ Imports
 
 from git.config import GitConfigParser  # @NoMove @IgnorePep8