git/contrib
Junio C Hamano 58f6fb53dd Merge branch 'jc/cachetree' into cr/reset
* jc/cachetree:
  Simplify cache API
  git-format-patch --in-reply-to: accept <message@id> with angle brackets
  git-add -u: do not barf on type changes
  Remove duplicate note about removing commits with git-filter-branch
  git-clone: improve error message if curl program is missing or not executable
  git.el: Allow the add and remove commands to be applied to ignored files.
  git.el: Allow selecting whether to display uptodate/unknown/ignored files.
  git.el: Keep the status buffer sorted by filename.
  hooks--update: Explicitly check for all zeros for a deleted ref.
2007-09-14 01:19:30 -07:00
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blameview War on whitespace 2007-06-07 00:04:01 -07:00
completion Teach bash about completing arguments for git-tag 2007-08-31 23:47:01 -04:00
continuous contrib/continuous: a continuous integration build manager 2007-03-19 22:21:19 -07:00
emacs git.el: Allow the add and remove commands to be applied to ignored files. 2007-09-13 22:37:54 -07:00
examples Make "git reset" a builtin. 2007-09-12 13:25:07 -07:00
fast-import git-p4: Added support for automatically importing newly appearing perforce branches. 2007-09-03 20:35:39 +02:00
gitview gitview: run blame with -C -C 2007-06-13 02:14:26 -07:00
hg-to-git Add hg-to-git conversion utility. 2007-02-05 13:52:45 -08:00
hooks Use the empty tree for base diff in paranoid-update on new branches 2007-08-10 01:00:25 -07:00
p4import Demote git-p4import to contrib status. 2007-07-15 15:23:37 -07:00
patches INSTALL: add warning on docbook-xsl 1.72 and 1.73 2007-08-04 01:55:08 -07:00
stats Add contrib/stats/mailmap.pl script 2007-07-14 13:43:49 -07:00
vim contrib/vim: update syntax for changed commit template 2007-01-22 20:40:26 -08:00
workdir Don't allow contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir to trash existing dirs 2007-09-05 22:24:54 -07:00
README War on whitespace 2007-06-07 00:04:01 -07:00
remotes2config.sh Rewrite "git-frotz" to "git frotz" 2007-07-02 22:52:14 -07:00

README

Contributed Software

Although these pieces are available as part of the official git
source tree, they are in somewhat different status.  The
intention is to keep interesting tools around git here, maybe
even experimental ones, to give users an easier access to them,
and to give tools wider exposure, so that they can be improved
faster.

I am not expecting to touch these myself that much.  As far as
my day-to-day operation is concerned, these subdirectories are
owned by their respective primary authors.  I am willing to help
if users of these components and the contrib/ subtree "owners"
have technical/design issues to resolve, but the initiative to
fix and/or enhance things _must_ be on the side of the subtree
owners.  IOW, I won't be actively looking for bugs and rooms for
enhancements in them as the git maintainer -- I may only do so
just as one of the users when I want to scratch my own itch.  If
you have patches to things in contrib/ area, the patch should be
first sent to the primary author, and then the primary author
should ack and forward it to me (git pull request is nicer).
This is the same way as how I have been treating gitk, and to a
lesser degree various foreign SCM interfaces, so you know the
drill.

I expect that things that start their life in the contrib/ area
to graduate out of contrib/ once they mature, either by becoming
projects on their own, or moving to the toplevel directory.  On
the other hand, I expect I'll be proposing removal of disused
and inactive ones from time to time.

If you have new things to add to this area, please first propose
it on the git mailing list, and after a list discussion proves
there are some general interests (it does not have to be a
list-wide consensus for a tool targeted to a relatively narrow
audience -- for example I do not work with projects whose
upstream is svn, so I have no use for git-svn myself, but it is
of general interest for people who need to interoperate with SVN
repositories in a way git-svn works better than git-svnimport),
submit a patch to create a subdirectory of contrib/ and put your
stuff there.

-jc