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diff --git a/third_party/git/contrib/examples/README b/third_party/git/contrib/examples/README deleted file mode 100644 index 18bc60b021be..000000000000 --- a/third_party/git/contrib/examples/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -This directory used to contain scripted implementations of builtins -that have since been rewritten in C. - -They have now been removed, but can be retrieved from an older commit -that removed them from this directory. - -They're interesting for their reference value to any aspiring plumbing -users who want to learn how pieces can be fit together, but in many -cases have drifted enough from the actual implementations Git uses to -be instructive. - -Other things that can be useful: - - * Some commands such as git-gc wrap other commands, and what they're - doing behind the scenes can be seen by running them under - GIT_TRACE=1 - - * Doing `git log` on paths matching '*--helper.c' will show - incremental effort in the direction of moving existing shell - scripts to C. |