fixed http://gitorious.org/projects/git-python/repos/apollo13/comments#comment_105 my mistake ;) I'll investigate this further, but I think we are on the safe side now...

apollo13 · apollo13 · commit a935501a2f62 · 2008-06-01T01:21:17.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/git/cmd.py b/lib/git/cmd.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ def execute(self, command,
                                 )
 
         # Wait for the process to return
-        status = proc.wait()
         stdout_value = proc.stdout.read()
+        status = proc.wait()
         proc.stdout.close()
 
         # Strip off trailing whitespace by default

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ def execute(self, command,`
`103`	`103`	`)`
`104`	`104`
`105`	`105`	`# Wait for the process to return`
`106`		`- status = proc.wait()`
`107`	`106`	`stdout_value = proc.stdout.read()`
	`107`	`+ status = proc.wait()`
`108`	`108`	`proc.stdout.close()`
`109`	`109`
`110`	`110`	`# Strip off trailing whitespace by default`