Restore order of operators before executing the git command only for < py3.6

bertwesarg · bertwesarg · commit 52862a6f4f59 · 2021-03-12T15:23:07.000+01:00
Since Python 3.6 kwargs order will be preserved and thus provide a stable order, therefore we can make 89ade7b conditional based on the Python. Thus make it able to pass ordered options to Git commands. See: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0468/
diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
@@ -902,8 +902,12 @@ def transform_kwarg(self, name, value, split_single_char_options):
 
     def transform_kwargs(self, split_single_char_options=True, **kwargs):
         """Transforms Python style kwargs into git command line options."""
+        # only since 3.6 Python preserves the order of kwargs and thus has a stable
+        # order. For older versions sort the kwargs by the key to get a stable
+        # order.
+        if sys.version_info[:2] < (3,6):
+            kwargs = OrderedDict(sorted(kwargs.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
         args = []
-        kwargs = OrderedDict(sorted(kwargs.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
         for k, v in kwargs.items():
             if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                 for value in v:
