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Re: RFC: a plugin architecture for git extensions?

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John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net>
Date
May 7, 2011, 08:24 UTC
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 12:07:14AM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
>
>> I think the problem we are trying to solve is this: how to make it as
>> easy as possible to install, and get operational, an extension to git.
>>
>> If git supported the concept of a standard place to put extensions,
>> then it could be as simple as:
>>
>>     unzip -d $(git --plugins-dir) plugin.zip
>>
>> with no need to configure or choose a prefix and no need to edit the
>> an .profile or .bashrc to permanently add a directory to the PATH.
>
> This seems slightly backwards to me. You are asking git "where should
> plugins go?" and then putting them there. But that leaves no room for
> plugins going in _multiple_ places. IOW, the usual hierarchy of:
>
>  1. distribution-packaged extensions (in /usr/share/git/plugins)
>
>  2. local system-wide extensions (in /usr/local/share/git/plugins)
>
>  3. per-user extensions (in $HOME/.gitplugins)

Exactly! I'd really like to see (3) and stop cluttering up my ~/.local/bin folder with wrapper scripts.

-John
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  104. Motiejus JakštysApr 27, 2011
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