From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:26:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change
Message-ID: <20121212122625.GB25981@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121212063208.GA18322@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net>:
> I think there are really two separate use cases to consider:
> 
>   1. Providing snippets of script to Git to get Turing-complete behavior
>      for existing Git features. For example, selecting commits during a
>      traversal (e.g., a better "log --grep"), formatting output (e.g., a
>      better "log --format" or "for-each-ref --format").
> 
>   2. Writing whole new git commands in a language that is quicker or
>      easier to develop in than C.

That's good analysis.  I agree with your use-case split, I guess I'm just not
very aware of the places in git where (1) is important.
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