From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:19:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] diff: add long-running diff process via diff.<driver>.process
Message-ID: <xmqqa4t5vtkl.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAC2QwmKNA6wv-jG07fgJj7Xj2J+dzzWEiqV5Q+8HJpjA_GtkFw@mail.gmail.com>

Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com> writes:

>> So the conscious project direction has been: fold pkt-line test backends
>> into `test-tool` and drop the scripting-language prereq. Reintroducing the
>> same shape in Python would walk this back.
>>
>> Patrick's careful effort in 27bd8ee311719 (Merge branch 'ps/fewer-perl',
>> 2025-04-29) has been another clear sign that the Git project is actively
>> _removing_ scripting-language dependencies from the build and test
>> infrastructure, not adding new ones.
>
> Now I wonder if the extension / addition of more Perl test infra with my other
> series:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.2135.git.1780559158.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/
>
> also goes against the project direction w.r.t. removing scripting languages.
> Maybe I should also re-evaluate the usage of Perl there. I am leveraging
> existing shell parsing logic written in Perl, but maybe the preference for
> Perl-based lint rules is a mistake and should be avoided.

That sounds prudent (even though it is outside the scope of _this_
topic, of course).

Thanks.