From: Govind Salinas Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:34:38 GMT Subject: Re: thread-safe libgit.a as a GSoC project, was Re: [SoC RFC] libsvn-fs-git: A git backend for the subversion filesystem Message-ID: <5d46db230803221834n7c230447r2afffdaae79e4068@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Bryan Donlan wrote: > > Also, after looking at libgit in a bit more detail, I think it might be > > necessary to not use it after all, as subversion requires support for > > multiple open repositories, as well as thread safety (at least when > > accessing different open repo from different threads). Perhaps a > > thread-safe git library would be a nice SoC project as well? > > As I said on IRC yesterday, I think that such a libgit.a would be nice, > _but_ > > - a lot of git programs expect to be one-shot, and libgit.a shows that, > > - not many people will help you with your effort, but just ignore it and > actively introduce things that do not help libification (at least that's > my experience), > > - unless you have a proper need for such a library, I do not think there > is enough motivation to actually get it to completion. > I would use it for my pyrite work, although it will be some time before I could contribute to such an effort. I expect it would be useful for anyone who wants to make a language binding that uses native git underneath. Just so you know *someone* will use it. Thanks, Govind.