code: def transform_kwargs(self, split_single_char_options=True, **kwargs):
          
          args = []
          kwargs = OrderedDict(sorted(kwargs.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
          for k, v in kwargs.items():
              if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                  for value in v:
                      args += self.transform_kwarg(k, value, split_single_char_options)
              else:
                  args += self.transform_kwarg(k, v, split_single_char_options)
          return args
docs: Transforms Python style kwargs into git command line options.