Re: linking libgit.a in C++ projects

Excellent idea; thank you!

The practice of avoiding C++ keywords from public C headers is
very welcome. You should send a patch and try to push it.

That said the problem can be easily avoided.

Produce a C file and header that defines some stable API to your
GUI application, that does not expose any git internal headers.
Then compile that, say git_api.c, with C compiler in Makefile
and extern "C" link that file to your C++ application. This will
completely insulate you from any git code.

This could also solve the other problem of API changing, only
the git_api.c need change, your outer GUI code stays the same.

And if you do all that maybe you can submit it for inclusion
as a: somewhat stable high-level library, for developers.
Ala git-dev

Cheers
Boaz