Re: [Wishlist Bug] git-shell: Support libreadline
On Mon, 2024-06-10, at 23:52:14 (+0200), brian m. carlson wrote:
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> On 2024-06-10 at 13:42:42, Marc-Jano Knopp wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> >
> > I would like git-shell to support libreadline:
> >
> > https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
>
> Unfortunately, I don't think we can do that. libreadline is GPLv3+, and
> Git is GPLv2, so it would violate the license to distribute a binary
> linked that way.
Oh, it's a legal issue ... *sigh*
> It's possible that libeditline could be used instead to provide similar
> features, though. If it's important to you that this be implemented,
> you can send a patch, or you can see if someone else is interested
> enough to do so.