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Re: Requirements for integrating a new git subcommand

From
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2012, 16:29 UTC
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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>:
> Nope, it just has to be executable. We don't have any current Python
> code. IIRC the last Python code was the implementation of
> git-merge-recursive, which was ported to C many years ago.

This turns out not to be quite true. The tree currently includes two Python scripts, a Perforce importer and a test helper.

I'm in he process of writing up a document on command integration based on your answers. I will submit it for incusion in the tree shortly.

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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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