Go-git

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git client library

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Go-git

low-level and extensible Git client library in Go

github.com

#git#go#golang#git client library

114points
56comments
#314of 2,264 in 2016
Top 14%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.

Privacy: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Interest in the approach and similar to existing gitgo project

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Cold recruiting emails from source{d} felt automated and intrusive

    From 3 comments
    • So a while back I was cold-emailed by a recruiter at source{d} (the makers of this library). He wrote that after analyzing my Github profile, he has a great opportunity for me in…
      toni on HN
    • FWIW I've also had what felt very much like automated mails from your company. I've started marking them as spam after the first two.
      stevekemp on HN
    • Same, I got one asking if I was interested in a job the other side of Europe. Nope. Interesting idea for a product though
      orf on HN

Requests

  • Structured machine-readable output for git commands

    From 1 comment
    • What are the chances someone could use this to build a tool to provide structured output for git commands. SVN had the --xml flag for pretty much every command, allowing for 100%…
      stephenr on HN

Questions

  • Can users see what information source{d} holds about them

    From 1 comment
    • Oh, so this is how Tyba found me. Cool stuff! Is there a way to see what information sourced has about yourself?
      Gurrewe on HN

Alternatives named

  • gitgo

    From 1 comment
  • speedata/gogit

    From 1 comment
    • Shameless plug: https://github.com/speedata/gogit (I use that one with a 300 Gig repository) Edit: this is the backend used in https://ctanmirror.speedata.de/ a "travel back in…
      patrickg on HN

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