Re: Problems using perl's Git.pm module

From: Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>
Date: Dec 3, 2010, 08:27 UTC
Message-ID: <20101203082701.GC26070@raven.wolf.lan>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=8=k9iNWzTnGz821k9A_CZNiEt_KkC8TXu6oS_@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 02:23:32PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:40, Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de> wrote:
> > I am trying to use perl's Git.pm module, but for some reason, it keeps
> > bailing out:
> Why are you using it?

1. It is always available whenever git is available, so I don't need to
   search/install additional packages just to hack some scripts. If you
   have to support multiple distros/OS'es, it starts getting a PITA to
   find out what/how to install those additional packages.

2. Since it is used by the core developers, I assumed that it would be
   more robust than some third-party wrappers.

3. Since it is bundled with git, I'd not expect any version mismatches.
   With a third-party wrapper, version mismatches are much more likely.

> Couldn't you use one of the Perl Git wrappers on the CPAN?

Which one would you suggest?