Re: [linux.conf.au] VCS Interoperability

From: Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2012, 00:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP2yMaLHK2md=MHFmV--R6rmr4q3XuZxqsb2fUszMhssx3GDoA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BC64515-C4C0-4D32-97B0-8FFD14BB903C@silverinsanity.com>

Hey,

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 22, 2012, at 4:12 PM, david@lang.hm wrote:
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>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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>>> 3. What are your thoughts on lib'ifying Git so that others can call
>>> into it using an API?
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>> This is something that everyone agrees would be a good thing. There have been many people who have started projects to do so, but they have all stalled.
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> I believe libgit2 is still under active development.
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> http://libgit2.github.com
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Yes, GitHub alone actually has 2 full time employees and 1 contractor who are entirely dedicated to the project. It also ships with the GitHub for Mac product, so it's used in production by tens of thousands every day. If any of you want to get involved, you can check out the mailing list (libgit2@librelist.org) or (probably more usefully) the GitHub project page:

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2

Open tickets, contribute code, review PRs, etc.

Scott