Re: Git haas gone wild (Rust)

On Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 7:39 AM Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote:

> 06.09.2025 20:17, Matthias Andree wrote:
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> > Am 05.09.25 um 18:42 schrieb Michael Osipov:
> >> Folks,
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> >> you might want to enjoy or discuss: https://lore.kernel.org/ git/
> 20250904-b4-pks-rust-breaking-change-v1-0-3af1d25e0be9@pks.im/T/#t
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> >> Michael
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> > This poses a bootstrapping problem, (if we need Git to get the Rust
> build for ports... there's a chicken-and-egg problem)
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> Maybe it is time for us to bring net/gitup into base system.
> It's written in pure C and comes under BSD2CLAUSE license.
> Also, it matured over many years and runs just fine.
>
> For the reference: https://github.com/johnmehr/gitup



Got is better supported and wouldn't be an instant burden.

Warner

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