Re: native-git-svn: A Summer of Code 2010 proposal

> > Don't know about importer modes, but in native connection mode it is 
> > possible to avoid calling or linking to git in any way (been there, 
> > done that).
> 
> > Mostly, except that I think it should be possible to avoid having 
> > git-remote-svn actually link to the git core, because the git core 
> > should be taking care of everything git-specific for you. Of course, 
> > the git core also provides a bunch of useful C library code that you 
> > may want to use, such as a nice string buffer implementation, so you 
> > may want to link to git even if you don't actually need it, if 
> > licenses are suitable and it would be convenient.
> 
> As of this point, I'm undecided about which parts of Git Core to link 
> to, if at all. I'll try to avoid linking, but I'll do whatever is most 
> convenient within the bounds of the license as I write the remote 
> helper.

> > Because it's much better for everyone at the end of the GSoC if only 
> > half of the project is finished but merged, rather than if all the 
> > project is "finished" but nothing can be merged.
> 
> Right. I'll merge the whole thing in 3-4 phases then.