adds a nicer __repr__

github/GithubObject.py

@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
 # along with PyGithub. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.             #
 #                                                                              #
 # ##############################################################################
-
+import sys
 import datetime
+from operator import itemgetter
 
 import GithubException
 import Consts
 
+atLeastPython3 = sys.hexversion >= 0x03000000
+
 
 class _NotSetType:
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -207,6 +210,22 @@ class GithubObject(object):
         '''
         return self._headers.get(Consts.RES_LAST_MODIFED)
 
+    def get__repr__(self, params):
+        """
+        Converts the object to a nicely printable string.
+        """
+        def format_params(params):
+            if atLeastPython3:
+                items = params.items()
+            else:
+                items = list(params.items())
+            for k, v in sorted(items, key=itemgetter(1)):
+                yield '{k}="{v}"'.format(k=k, v=v) if isinstance(v, (str, unicode)) else '{k}={v}'.format(k=k, v=v)
+        return '{class_name}({params})'.format(
+            class_name=self.__class__.__name__,
+            params=", ".join(list(format_params(params)))
+        )
+
 
 class NonCompletableGithubObject(GithubObject):
     def _completeIfNeeded(self):