"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Cgit maintainer here... > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 11:21:25AM -0700, Josh Steadmon wrote: >> * bikeshedding on the name (yes, really). There is an active, unrelated >> CGit project [4] that we only recently became aware of. We originally >> took the name "cgit" because at $DAYJOB we sometimes refer to git.git >> as "cgit" to distinguish it from jgit [5]. > > Indeed, please find something else. Cgit is a real project, used by > many, such as git.kernel.org, and it'll turn into a real hassle for both > of us if there's ambiguity and confusion. > > What about libgit-rs? Or even libgit3, where the rustness of it is > simply an implementation detail, so the name won't feel dated 15 years > from now when everything is written in Rust anyway and -rs is so 2020s? libgit-rs sounds like a descriptive and good name. I am not sure about the wisdom of _not_ saying anything about Rust. In 2035 maybe nobody is writing in Rust but in not-yet-invented alternative that is even better.
