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authorVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-09-21T10·03+0300
committerVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-09-21T11·29+0300
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chore(3p/git): Unvendor git and track patches instead r/2903
This was vendored a long time ago under the expectation that keeping
it in sync with cgit would be easier this way, but it has proven not
to be a big issue.

On the other hand, a vendored copy of git is an annoying maintenance
burden. It is much easier to rebase the single (dottime) patch that we
have.

This removes the vendored copy of git and instead passes the git
source code to cgit via `pkgs.srcOnly`, which includes the applied
patch so that cgit can continue rendering dottime.

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-From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
-Abstract: This is how-to documentation for people who want to add extension
- commands to Git.  It should be read alongside api-builtin.txt.
-Content-type: text/asciidoc
-
-How to integrate new subcommands
-================================
-
-This is how-to documentation for people who want to add extension
-commands to Git.  It should be read alongside api-builtin.txt.
-
-Runtime environment
--------------------
-
-Git subcommands are standalone executables that live in the Git exec
-path, normally /usr/lib/git-core.  The git executable itself is a
-thin wrapper that knows where the subcommands live, and runs them by
-passing command-line arguments to them.
-
-(If "git foo" is not found in the Git exec path, the wrapper
-will look in the rest of your $PATH for it.  Thus, it's possible
-to write local Git extensions that don't live in system space.)
-
-Implementation languages
-------------------------
-
-Most subcommands are written in C or shell.  A few are written in
-Perl.
-
-While we strongly encourage coding in portable C for portability,
-these specific scripting languages are also acceptable.  We won't
-accept more without a very strong technical case, as we don't want
-to broaden the Git suite's required dependencies.  Import utilities,
-surgical tools, remote helpers and other code at the edges of the
-Git suite are more lenient and we allow Python (and even Tcl/tk),
-but they should not be used for core functions.
-
-This may change in the future.  Especially Python is not allowed in
-core because we need better Python integration in the Git Windows
-installer before we can be confident people in that environment
-won't experience an unacceptably large loss of capability.
-
-C commands are normally written as single modules, named after the
-command, that link a collection of functions called libgit.  Thus,
-your command 'git-foo' would normally be implemented as a single
-"git-foo.c" (or "builtin/foo.c" if it is to be linked to the main
-binary); this organization makes it easy for people reading the code
-to find things.
-
-See the CodingGuidelines document for other guidance on what we consider
-good practice in C and shell, and api-builtin.txt for the support
-functions available to built-in commands written in C.
-
-What every extension command needs
-----------------------------------
-
-You must have a man page, written in asciidoc (this is what Git help
-followed by your subcommand name will display).  Be aware that there is
-a local asciidoc configuration and macros which you should use.  It's
-often helpful to start by cloning an existing page and replacing the
-text content.
-
-You must have a test, written to report in TAP (Test Anything Protocol).
-Tests are executables (usually shell scripts) that live in the 't'
-subdirectory of the tree.  Each test name begins with 't' and a sequence
-number that controls where in the test sequence it will be executed;
-conventionally the rest of the name stem is that of the command
-being tested.
-
-Read the file t/README to learn more about the conventions to be used
-in writing tests, and the test support library.
-
-Integrating a command
----------------------
-
-Here are the things you need to do when you want to merge a new
-subcommand into the Git tree.
-
-1. Don't forget to sign off your patch!
-
-2. Append your command name to one of the variables BUILTIN_OBJS,
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS, SCRIPT_SH, SCRIPT_PERL or SCRIPT_PYTHON.
-
-3. Drop its test in the t directory.
-
-4. If your command is implemented in an interpreted language with a
-p-code intermediate form, make sure .gitignore in the main directory
-includes a pattern entry that ignores such files.  Python .pyc and
-.pyo files will already be covered.
-
-5. If your command has any dependency on a particular version of
-your language, document it in the INSTALL file.
-
-6. There is a file command-list.txt in the distribution main directory
-that categorizes commands by type, so they can be listed in appropriate
-subsections in the documentation's summary command list.  Add an entry
-for yours.  To understand the categories, look at command-list.txt
-in the main directory.  If the new command is part of the typical Git
-workflow and you believe it common enough to be mentioned in 'git help',
-map this command to a common group in the column [common].
-
-7. Give the maintainer one paragraph to include in the RelNotes file
-to describe the new feature; a good place to do so is in the cover
-letter [PATCH 0/n].
-
-That's all there is to it.