Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > I'd love for every single shell-script in git core to be written in C, so >> > that we can drop the dependency on shell *entirely*. >> >> What about the test suite? > > The test suite is indeed special. But I think that's a "build requiement", > and if we require something like shell for *building*, that's different > from requiring normal users to have it. Also it is a good test for the kind of scriptability you (and I) seek. We should not drop shell from the test suite for that reason. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html