Re: [PATCH 06/10] contrib: remove "mw-to-git"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 6, 2025, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqr011h41x.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250506-pks-contrib-spring-cleanup-v1-6-e6d5ddd79a72@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> The "mw-to-git" directory contains tools for accessing MediaWiki via
> Git. The scripts are essentially unmaintained in Git: despite a couple
> of global cleanups, the last changes were a couple of security-related
> issues part of 9a8606465e8 (remote-mediawiki: use "sh" to eliminate
> unquoted commands, 2020-09-21) and its parents. We don't ever run any of
> the tests so it is more likely than not that many of the tests have been
> bitrotting, like e.g. documented in f8ab018dafc (remote-mediawiki tests:
> annotate failing tests, 2020-09-21).
>
> Furthermore, the code has been spun out into a separate project at [2].
> Remove the directory in favor of this new home.
>
> [2]: https://github.com/Git-Mediawiki/Git-Mediawiki

OK, the new home also lacks activity since Mar 2022, but it still is certainly a much better home than having it here.

And I doubt this removal needs to wait for Git 3.0 boundary; unlike other things, we shouldn't even have been its primary home to begin with.