From 5ec6074f0633939fd17d94111d10c6c6b062978c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:49:36 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1:2.30.2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- contrib/examples/README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contrib/examples/README (limited to 'contrib/examples/README') diff --git a/contrib/examples/README b/contrib/examples/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..18bc60b --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/examples/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +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. -- cgit v1.2.3