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by stouset 497 days ago
> This should be much better as of last week's release, when you can say "please use git as a subprocess rather than libgit2/gix".

I understand the decision here from an SSH-support situation, but doesn't this feel like a bit of a step backwards?
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steveklabnik 497 days ago
It’s just a tough spot to be in: libgit2 has always worked a bit differently than the binaries, gix is incomplete. Ideally gix will be good enough that it could just be used, but things aren’t there yet.
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stouset 497 days ago
Yeah, completely understood. I've suffered from related SSH issues, so I get the motivation. I suppose it's just unfortunate that the supporting libraries aren't quite there yet.
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steveklabnik 496 days ago
This kind of thing is why jj started with a strong library vs binary split; folks will be able to use the library and have full compatibility with other tools.
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