What happens without libgit2?

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Sep 24, 2014, at 3:48 AM, Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi at tiscali.it> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Since libgit2 is giving a lot of troubles in Debian, I am asking, what would 
> happen if I were to remove all the places where it is used?
> Which functionality would be lost?
> 
> I am talking about the last stable release of subsurface, not the version 
> being developed.

You cannot save into git repositories.
Which is not an “advertised feature” as it so far does not have a useful UI.

> The problem is that libgit2 won't build on some archs, so as it stands, 
> subsurface 4.2 won't go into the next stable.

I am hoping to find the time to turn git saving into a much more useful
(and advertised feature) for 4.3 - but for 4.2 I think worst case we can
live without it.

/D