Re: [PATCH 10/10] contrib: remove "git-new-workdir"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 7, 2025, 17:25 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwmascoyj.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aBr9ZhSmbYtRp6o0@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> hasn't really worked like that in the past. I think though that we have
> outgrown the old concept of "contrib/" for quite a while already, and
> that it doesn't really work well in its current form. The ecosystem
> around Git has grown big enough that we don't want to and cannot host it
> as part of Git itself anymore, so that original need has gone away.

Yes. Thanks for saying this again---I think I said something along the line from time to time for the past 10 years ;-). The ecosystem is mature enough that we no longer have to ship "batteries included" manner to make the initial end-user experience of Git tolerable.

> If this is something that the project can agree on I'm happy to rewrite
> "contrib/README" accordingly. Maybe I should even do it without having
> any consent yet so that it can serve as a starting point for discussion.

Yeah, the latter is a good attitude to see. It is way easier for everybody involved what the issues are if we have something to base our discussion on.

Thanks.