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Re: future of git-gui as subsytem or submodule

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 14, 2011, 22:17 UTC
Message-ID
<20110214221738.GA24265@elie>
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<20110214220318.GD50815@book.hvoigt.net>
Hi,
Two quick thoughts.
Heiko Voigt wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:51:04PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>  2. Just like the Linux kernel project, we can make each subsystem with
>>     separate maintainers just different repositories of the same git
>>     project with their own focus.  We already do this for git-svn (which I
[...]
> Another plus, if we extend that model to gitk, is that both could start
> sharing code between each other (maybe relocate to the same directory).

I think historically Paul has tried to maintain compatibility with older git versions in gitk, to allow it to be used as a separate project.

A dream would be for gitk and hgk to share code, but I'm not sure anyone has even tried a proof-of-concept for that.

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  1. git-gui: document the gui.maxfilesdisplayed variableHeiko Voigt, Feb 13, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2011
  3. future of git-gui as subsytem or submodule, WAS: [PATCH] git-gui: document the gui.maxfilesdisplayed variableHeiko Voigt, Feb 14, 2011
  4. Jonathan NiederFeb 14, 2011
  5. Jens LehmannFeb 14, 2011

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