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by Xylakant 4455 days ago
you're certainly aware that libgit2 is a reimplementation of git, largely sponsored by github since the original git libraries are binding-unfriendly to say the least. The de-facto ruby "bindings" (grit) were a mere wrapper around cli git and afaik this used to be the only way to go.

I tried to use libgit2 for a project last year and a coworker did a couple of patches and I can say that there's still a lot of ground to cover until libgit2 is at least somewhat feature complete. Back then, clone via SSH and other _must_have_ features were unimplemented.
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emmelaich 4455 days ago
Linus uses libgit2 [0] albeit as a data format, not as a basis for VCS.

[0] https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/X2XVf9Q7MfV

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phaemon 4455 days ago
How unlucky, you must have just missed it. Clone via ssh was added in May last year!

What were the other must-haves that were missing?

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