Dne sobota 26 bÅezna 2011 14:39:39 Jeff King napsal(a): > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 09:14:35PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > > I was also thinking if there isn't PERL a better choice in rewriting > > > shell scripts, due to planed porting (android, etc). Better than C. > > > But I don't know android and other platform so much, so thats why I'm > > > asking. > > > > So far (on Windows and various Unixen) it seems that C is much easier > > to work with as far as porting goes.[2] > > If I were considering cleaning up and porting add--interactive to C, I > think I would probably start with just porting the "-p" patch loop > first. I think it's the part that most people use, and most callers > don't support a generic "-i" but just the "-p" interface (e.g., you can > do "git add -i" or "git add -p", but only "git checkout -p"). And that > cuts down the size of the task somewhat. I have read all the code in git-add--interactive. If I understand that correct, you mean to separate -i and -p int two different commands. And make the -p option more like the -i (but just only for patching). And consequently port them to C. > > As far as cleanup versus features, I think Thomas would have to comment > on that. He is the one who did the most work on patch-mode, and > therefore the one who most thinks it needs cleaned up. :) > Is Thomas going to be a mentor in this task? Robert David. > > [1] Android is an odd example because the platform uses Java heavily > > (so JGit might be a better fit for it). Perhaps the wish for android > > support should have been put on the Eclipse ideas page[2] and a link > > added to git's; I dunno. > > Yeah, I'm not sure what an Android port would quite look like. In theory > I could probably build stock git for my rooted N1 using a > cross-compiler. But I can't imagine what I would use it for. A native > app seems like it would be more useful, and that pretty much requires > Java. > > -Peff
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