def _get_pull_request_dicts(cls):
     with inDirectory(local_dir):
         try:
             file = open(cls.file_name, "rb")
         except IOError:
             return []
         return json.load(file, encoding="UTF-8")
 def _save_pull_requests_dicts(cls, pull_requests):
     with inDirectory(local_dir):
         return json.dump(pull_requests, open(cls.file_name, "wb"), indent=2, encoding="UTF-8")