1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pyfedpkg/initial_merge.py b/src/pyfedpkg/initial_merge.py
index 15d0a6e..12cd865 100755
--- a/src/pyfedpkg/initial_merge.py
+++ b/src/pyfedpkg/initial_merge.py
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@ class Filter(object):
             self.branch_list = [item]
 
 
+class UnknownRepoTypeError(pyfedpkg.FedpkgError):
+    pass
+
+
 def handle_repo(repo, dry_run=False):
+    if type(repo) == str:
+        repo = git.Repo(repo)
+    elif isinstance(repo, git.Repo):
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise UnknownRepoTypeError("%s" % repo)
     log.info("######## initial-merge %s ########" % repo.working_tree_dir)
     _locals, remotes = pyfedpkg._list_branches(repo=repo)
     aa = [ Branch(repo.git.rev_parse('%s^{tree}' % b), b) for b in remotes ]