Re: Gitbox

From: Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Date: Apr 13, 2011, 20:04 UTC
Message-ID: <1302725089.22408.11.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>
In-Reply-To: <86vcyigcqy.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>

On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:41 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

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> >>>>> "Drew" == Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu> writes:
> 
> Drew> He also clearly stated that he's not calling git command-line tools...
> 
> Drew> "Gitbox neither links (statically or dynamically) against Git nor uses
> Drew> custom interfaces to interact with it. Git binaries are provided for
> Drew> your convenience only."
> 
> Huh?  How do you get "not using git CLI" there?  He's not using *custom*
> interfaces, but the *standard* interfaces are more than enough.
> 
> He's made new porcelein, and using the plumbing directly.  That's
> exactly why we have plumbing in git, right?

If that's what he's doing then why does he state that the git binaries are "for your convenience only"--strongly implying his program will work in the absence thereof? I'm hoping he just made a typo--as what he said is there in plain English, and is somewhat contradicted by the next sentence. If he's indeed using the plumbing then the binaries are required--which is indeed what they are there for.

I think that I've already proved myself to be one of the list's resident grammar nazis. If you wish to dispute my interpretation of his grammar please contact me directly and don't bother the rest of the list.

I suspect that when he gets a chance he'll be able to clarify what he's doing well enough on his own.

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-Drew Northup
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