Re: [PATCH] build: get rid of the notion of a git library

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 11, 2013, 17:58 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s02PqGFNmrGEcJVT6xcQHx8k4NYqJ_TtOTUEY8XHPj0BA@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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>> What are the examples you have in mind, code that we want to forbid
>> standalone from using?
>
> init_copy_notes_for_rewrite(). Nothing outside the 'git' binary would
> need that. If you disagree, show me an example.

"Nothing would need that", if you are talking about the current codebase, I would agree that nothing would link to it.

But that is not a good justification for closing door to others that come later who may want to have a standalone that would want to use it. Think about rewriting filter-branch.sh in C but not as a built-in, for example.

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