From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:55:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add git-annotate - a tool for annotating files with the revision and person that created each line in the file.
Message-ID: <43EC7F17.6050007@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <20060210112541.GA3513@linux-mips.org>

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:19:37AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> 
>>Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>>
>>
>>>>Are there any rules on the choice of the script language ?
>>>
>>>Yes. Do not try to introduce unnecessary dependencies. But if it is 
>>>the right tool to do the job, you should use it. As of now, we have perl, 
>>>python and Tcl/Tk.
>>
>>Very well said.  That's what currently stands.
> 
> 
> The dependency on Python 2.4 already is a problem for installation on some
> systems ...
> 

Not many though. Since Python is only required on the workstation where 
the developer does his/her work it's not a very cumbersome requirement. 
The same holds for Perl, btw. It's not a requirement on the server 
hosting the public repositories, unless some of the scripts are used 
from the hooks (git shortlog is used from the default update-hook, but 
that can be changed with no trouble at all).

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