Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Teach git version --build-options about libcurl

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2024, 00:00 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq1q4lc2ms.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240624235557.GA2727@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> But we could also have "git version --build-options" call "remote-https
> --build-options" automatically, and just let it dump to the shared
> stdout stream.

Yes, if we were to care the version of libcURL dynamic library that gets linked at runtime, what you describe does sound like the right way to go. The separation between "git" (which does not depend on libcURL at all) and "git-remote-http" (which happens to depend on it) is our business and it is our responsibility to hide that from the end users.

It certainly is MUCH better than making "git-help" a standalone binary that links with everything we link with, only for version reporting.

Thanks.