Readded the 2.6 backport but I can't get this OR the original to run …

…in 2.6

git-fat

@@ -15,15 +15,39 @@ import threading
 import time
 import collections
 
-# if not type(sys.version_info) is tuple and sys.version_info.major > 2:
-#     sys.stderr.write('git-fat does not support Python-3 yet.  Please use python2.\n')
-#     sys.exit(1)
 
 if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
     unicode = str
 else:
     from io import open
 
+try:
+    from subprocess import check_output
+    del check_output
+except ImportError:
+    def backport_check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+        r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+
+        Backported from Python 2.7 as it's implemented as pure python on stdlib.
+
+        >>> check_output(['/usr/bin/python', '--version'])
+        Python 2.6.2
+        """
+        process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
+        output, unused_err = process.communicate()
+        retcode = process.poll()
+        if retcode:
+            cmd = kwargs.get("args")
+            if cmd is None:
+                cmd = popenargs[0]
+            error = subprocess.CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
+            error.output = output
+            raise error    
+        return output
+
+    subprocess.check_output = backport_check_output
+
+
 BLOCK_SIZE = 4096
 
 def uni(s,encoding='utf8'):