Re: import-zips

From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2026, 21:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CAFOYHZCFqcrG0Z8UdbYss=cTJRso3fjpxNsdqKKKKqhHJqibBQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8q75izpk.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:59 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> writes:
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> > I wasn't sure if there would be any interest in taking the changes
> > back to git.git/contrib (or if the use of AI would rule that out).
> > Anyway it's there on my github page if anyone else needs it. If
> > someone wants me to turn the changes into a series for git.git I'm
> > happy to do that too.
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> It is wonderful to hear that a piece of software that has long
> been abandonware now has someone who 'cares' much more than
> anyone who has touched the 'git.git' tree in years.
>

'Cares' is a bit strong. More like 'wanted to use it and had some spare AI tokens'.

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> I would rather remove unmaintained pieces of software from the
> 'contrib/' directory, and optionally replace them with a pointer
> to the location of a maintained fork.  So, no, I would not want
> to be a gatekeeper for that part of the 'contrib/' directory
> when I do not have a particular need, interest, or the
> expertise to properly maintain it, if I can avoid it.

Yep fair enough. I guess you can consider this a somewhat maintained fork (as in I've updated it and used the result once). I'll see if any other users appear.