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Re: Histogram diff, libgit2 enhancement, libgit2 => git merge (GSOC)

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Jeff King <peff@github.com>
Date
Mar 20, 2011, 23:44 UTC
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:01:25PM +0200, Vicent Marti wrote:
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> b) Write a minimal Git client using libgit2. Peff keeps bringing this
> up and I think it's a bangin' good idea. Write something small and
> 100% self contained in a C executable that runs everywhere with 0
> dependencies -- don't aim for full feature completion, just the basic
> stuff to interoperate with a Git repository. Clone, checkout, branch,
> commit, push, pull, log. I would totally use that shit on my Windows
> boxes. And since it'll be externally compatible with the original Git
> client, we can reuse the Git unit tests to test libgit2. HA. Awesome!

Yeah, I would be happy to mentor or co-mentor with Vicent on a project like that. Not only might it be useful to actually _use_, but my secret motive is that I'd like to start testing libgit2 using some of the regular git tests, both for interoperability and for performance.

-Peff
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Message 6 of 13 in “Histogram diff, libgit2 enhancement, libgit2 => git merge (GSOC)”
  1. Pavel RaiskupMar 20, 2011
  2. Shawn PearceMar 20, 2011
  3. Pavel RaiskupMar 22, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2011
  5. Vicent MartiMar 20, 2011
  6. Jeff KingMar 20, 2011
  7. Vicent MartiMar 21, 2011
  8. Pavel RaiskupMar 22, 2011
  9. Jeff KingMar 22, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederMar 21, 2011
  12. Pavel RaiskupMar 22, 2011
  13. Vincent van RavesteijnMar 23, 2011

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