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Re: [PATCH 3/5] make git-bugreport a builtin

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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2020, 17:01 UTC
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On 8/13/2020 10:59 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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> There's no reason that bugreport has to be a separate binary. And since
> it links against libgit.a, it has a rather large disk footprint. Let's
> make it a builtin, which reduces the size of a stripped installation
> from 24MB to 22MB.
> 
> This also simplifies our Makefile a bit. And we can take advantage of
> builtin niceties like RUN_SETUP_GENTLY.

I agree that this is a good change. I'm a bit surprised that a feature added so recently wasn't added as a builtin in the first place. Perhaps that was a conscious decision? Maybe it was just because there was some point in time where it might have been relegated to contrib.

Thanks, -Stolee

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  1. 0/5 slimming down installed sizeJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  2. 1/5 Makefile: drop builtins from MSVC pdb listJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  3. Taylor BlauAug 13, 2020
  4. Jeff KingAug 13, 2020
  5. Derrick StoleeAug 13, 2020
  6. Jeff KingAug 13, 2020
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2020
  8. Jeff KingAug 14, 2020
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2020
  10. Jeff HostetlerAug 17, 2020
  11. 2/5 make credential helpers builtinsJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  12. Taylor BlauAug 13, 2020
  13. Jeff KingAug 13, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2020
  15. 3/5 make git-bugreport a builtinJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  16. Derrick StoleeAug 13, 2020
  17. Jeff KingAug 13, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2020
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2020
  20. Jeff KingAug 14, 2020
  21. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2020
  22. Jeff KingAug 14, 2020
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2020
  24. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2020
  25. Jeff KingAug 15, 2020
  26. Emily ShafferAug 17, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2020
  28. Jeff KingAug 17, 2020
  29. Emily ShafferAug 17, 2020
  30. 4/5 make git-fast-import a builtinJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  31. 5/5 drop vcs-svn experimentJeff King, Aug 13, 2020
  32. Taylor BlauAug 13, 2020
  33. Jeff KingAug 13, 2020
  34. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2020
  35. Jeff KingAug 14, 2020
  36. Taylor BlauAug 13, 2020

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