From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:23:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Make gc a builtin.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703121222350.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20070312025736.GA28505@thunk.org>

Hi,

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Theodore Tso wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 06:06:56PM -0400, James Bowes wrote:
> > The following two patches make git-gc a builtin command.
> 
> What's the advantage in making git-gc a builtin command?

Portability. Plus, James wanted to get involved in Git development, and 
building in gc really was the shortest path into that.

Ciao,
Dscho