Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Introduce Git.pm

Petr Baudis [off-list ref] writes:

This patch introduces a very basic and barebone Git.pm module
with a sketch of how the generic interface would look like;

In addition to my previous comments...

+  my $version = Git::generic_oneval('version');
+  my $lastrev = $repo->generic_oneval('rev-list', '--all');
+...
+=item generic_oneline ( COMMAND [, ARGUMENTS... ] )
+...
+sub generic_oneline {
+	my $fh = generic(@_);
+	my $line = <$fh>;
+	close $fh;
+	chomp $line;
+	return $line;
+}

Let's have a cleaned up version of Git.pm, Makefile changes and
changes to git-fmt-merge-msg.perl that shows how to use the
module.  Being in-tree would help people to view, use and
comment on it.