Fixes sigmavirus24#72

sigmavirus24 · sigmavirus24 · commit 2d7ffedf914b · 2013-03-02T14:51:39.000-05:00
Release 0.5.2
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 History/Changelog
 =================
 
+0.5.2: 2013-03-02
+-----------------
+
+- Stop trying to decode the byte strings returned by ``b64decode``. Fixes #72
+
 0.5.1: 2013-02-21
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/github3/__init__.py b/github3/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 __author__ = 'Ian Cordasco'
 __license__ = 'Modified BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012-2013 Ian Cordasco'
-__version__ = '0.5.1'
+__version__ = '0.5.2'
 
 from github3.api import *
 from github3.github import GitHub, GitHubEnterprise, GitHubStatus
diff --git a/github3/repos.py b/github3/repos.py
@@ -1350,10 +1350,16 @@ def __init__(self, content):
         #: Base64-encoded content of the file.
         self.content = content.get('content', '')
 
-        #: Decoded content of the file.
+        #: Decoded content of the file as a bytes object. If we try to decode
+        #: to character set for you, we might encounter an exception which
+        #: will prevent the object from being created. On python2 this is the
+        #: same as a string, but on python3 you should call the decode method
+        #: with the character set you wish to use, e.g.,
+        #: ``content.decoded.decode('utf-8')``.
+        #: .. versionchanged:: 0.5.2
         self.decoded = self.content
         if self.encoding == 'base64':
-            self.decoded = b64decode(self.content.encode()).decode()
+            self.decoded = b64decode(self.content.encode())
 
         # file name, path, and size
         #: Name of the content.
