From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 01:26:59 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Eric Sunshine writes: > An alternative would be to deprecate and/or remove `git-contacts` from > "contrib" and instead point people at Felipe's `git-related`[1], which > is the direct parent[2] of `git-contacts`, as well as a more > functional drop-in replacement for `git-contacts`. I am not sure it is wise to add an external dependency on a tool that is not very well known ([1] has only 68 stars), not packaged for distros [*] and is more or less dormant (the last update was April last year). Unless the one we locally carry is vastly inadequate in comparison, I somehow doubt that it is a better alternative to ask our target audience to use it, than letting them use git-contacts from in-tree. [Footnote] * "git imerge" and "tig" are what I compare with to use as a yardstick, when trying to judge how well-known and easily obtainable a package related to us is.