Make Repository return its description

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/distixlib/repo.py b/distixlib/repo.py
index 8f564d7..9a246e7 100644
--- a/distixlib/repo.py
+++ b/distixlib/repo.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ class Repository(object):
             stderr.write('\ndirt: %r\n' % dirt)
             sys.exit(1)
 
+    def get_description(self):
+        loader = distixlib.MetadataLoader()
+        filename = os.path.join(self._dirname, 'repo.yaml')
+        metadata = loader.load_from_file(filename)
+        return metadata.get_first_value('description')
+
     def open_ticket_store(self, relative_dirname):
         joined_pathname = os.path.join(self._dirname, relative_dirname)
         return distixlib.TicketStore(joined_pathname)
diff --git a/distixlib/repo_tests.py b/distixlib/repo_tests.py
index 0e80186..1c3189c 100644
--- a/distixlib/repo_tests.py
+++ b/distixlib/repo_tests.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class RepositoryTests(unittest.TestCase):
         repo = distixlib.Repository(self.repodir)
         repo.create('test repo')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(self.repodir))
+        self.assertEqual(repo.get_description(), 'test repo')
 
     def test_opens_ticket_store(self):
         repo = distixlib.Repository(self.tempdir)