Re: Using libgit2 code in git.git as a Google Summer of Code project?

Hi again,

Two quick notes.

Vicent Marti wrote:

I think that right now it would be a quite daunting task to start
replacing parts of git.git with libgit2. The architecture changes
required would be quite significant, because of the way that git.git
and libgit2 are designed (Unix-only, non-reentrant/cross-platform,
reentrant)

(Side note: git actually can be built with MSVC, though the build
process might be unfamiliar.  See compat/vcbuild/README for details.)

On top of that, the API for the library is not
yet stable, so that integration may end up being kind-of-wasted work.

This is precisely why I want to see attempts at using it starting
soon, whether as a student project or not: it would be a bad thing if
git reveals assumptions or limitations in the API requiring major
rework after the API has already solidified.

So, personally, I don't know anybody interested on mentoring *that*
specific task, but I'm certainly interested on mentoring a "help
complete libgit2" task

Sounds good to me. ;-)

Thanks for explaining.
Jonathan