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Re: GitTogether topics status

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 19, 2008, 10:11 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Scott Chacon wrote:
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> I very much want to see a library that provides basic Git object access 
> that we can use to write proper bindings in Ruby/Python/Perl.  If the 
> current Git code is too difficult to libify properly, then perhaps an 
> alternate C implementation that is built only for that purpose is 
> preferable to having a re-implementation in _every_ language.  Looking 
> forward to the discussion.

libgit-thin. What is missing is somebody taking this forward (and this includes making it more public on the Git mailing list).

Hth, Dscho

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  1. Christian CouderSep 18, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiSep 18, 2008
  3. Christian CouderSep 19, 2008
  4. Scott ChaconSep 19, 2008
  5. Christian CouderSep 19, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinSep 19, 2008

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