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diff --git a/modules/git/repo.go b/modules/git/repo.go
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+// Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package git
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Repository represents a Git repository.
+type Repository struct {
+	Path string
+
+	commitCache map[sha1]*Commit
+	tagCache    map[sha1]*Tag
+}
+
+// OpenRepository opens the repository at the given path.
+func OpenRepository(repoPath string) (*Repository, error) {
+	repoPath, err := filepath.Abs(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Repository{Path: repoPath}, nil
+}