Re: [elpa] New package: vc-got

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 31.08.2021 17:00, Omar Polo wrote:
> All the code was written by people with a copyright assignment, and I'll
> ensure that this will hold true in the future, so if it becomes really
> popular we can always move it to core later, right?

Yup.

> > It's an alternative client for Git repositories, right?
> >
> > We already have vc-git.
> Yes and no.  got uses the git format for*bare repositories*  and in this
> sense it's always possible to switch back and forth from got and git and
> collaborate with other peoples.  (in fact I'm using it to track the
> emacs repo on my machine).  But Got it's not a Git porcelain, it is
> another VCS that happens to use the same format for storing
> commits/tags/branches.

So you don't (and can't) use Git to commit or even init/clone/push?

But can collaborate with others. It's an interesting tradeoff.

Then yes, the decision should be based on what we know about its popularity.