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

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> There's still the `git gc` problem though.

It's klunky, but a workaround is to locally clone the checkout anew
using libgit2, as suggested here [0].  We could also try to contribute
to libgit2 toward adding proper support for a 'gc' action.

[0]  https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3247#issuecomment-486585944

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Thanks,
Maxim