You may have read announcements that Python developers have decided to move to git. That hasn't happened yet.

At present the move to Github is still being planned, and so pull requests to this repository will not be actioned. We try to inform people of this by responding to pull requests, but the time spent doing that would really be better spent developing the Python language!

This site is currently a mirror of Python's official repository, which lives at https://hg.python.org/cpython, updated daily as a service to those who are already using Github and find it a more convenient distribution channel.

The official Python source code repository is currently implemented on Mercurial. The Python Developers' Guide is at https://docs.python.org/devguide/, and it explains all you need to know to join the Python developers. If you are interested in contributing then we especially recommend that you read https://docs.python.org/devguide/#contributing.

Thanks for taking time to visit the Python repository, and for your interest in Python.

This file has been added to assist during the Mercurial-to-Github transition period, and will be replaced by the traditional README file when the transition is complete.