Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory

From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 24, 2026, 11:23 UTC
Message-ID: <aju-S7ewwrFMkfJa@ugly.lan>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcxxi3eov.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 06:08:48AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

>it will make it harder to make
>fixes that can apply both to 2.55 and before and newer codebase.
>

which is why i would recommend applying this _before_ the release. it affects only the build, which ci checks rather thoroughly, so the risk of doing it late in the cycle is low. this obviously won't help with backporting further back, nor will it avoid having to rebase many pending branches, but see patrick's response for that.

fwiw, i'm totally in favor of the change. i've always found the current tree messy and confusing.

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