Re: Why does make run git?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > That is true but it's much worse to rely on the user using VC. Hooking
  > into the build process isn't foolproof, but it's much better than
  > hooking into every possible version-control package for Emacs,
  > including ones like Magit which aren't built in to Emacs.

Not necessarily.  We could make it a documented Emacs facility,
which could be used by any repository, and all front-ends ought
to call it.

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