Re: hard dependency on Git? (was bug#65866: [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts)

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 at 16:23, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Note that the patch series adds a hard dependency on Git.
>> This is because the existing ‘git-fetch’ code depends on Git,
>> which is itself motivated by the fact that Git supports
>> shallow clones and libgit2/Guile-Git doesn’t.

That's no longer true, as of libgit2 v1.7.0 [0].  I already have it
packaged in a branch, but I need to iron out dependent breakages.

[0]  https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.7.0

So given there's no technical reasons not to use libgit2, I'd use that
and keep the closure size down.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim