From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:35:55 GMT Subject: Re: libgit2 - a true git library Message-ID: <4915A3CB.5010909@op5.se> In-Reply-To: <4915939B.1070306@gmail.com> Steve Frécinaux wrote: > Shawn O. Pearce wrote: >> During the GitTogether we were kicking around the idea of a ground-up >> implementation of a Git library. This may be easier than trying >> to grind down git.git into a library, as we aren't tied to any >> of the current global state baggage or the current die() based >> error handling. >> >> I've started an _extremely_ rough draft. The code compiles into a >> libgit.a but it doesn't even implement what it describes in the API, >> let alone a working Git implementation. Really what I'm trying to >> incite here is some discussion on what the API looks like. > > Just a random question: is there a reason why you have put all the .h in > a separate includes/ directory instead of relying on the install target > to put the include files at the right place ? > > To me it makes it much harder to hack on the files as one is always > required to switch between both directories... I agree with this, but as I guess Shawn will do roughly 45 times more work on it than me (according to current commit-count in git.git), I'll live with it. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231