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> we decided that the codebase is not a derivative work that would require carrying forward the GPL license and have decided to release the code under the MIT instead. oh someone wants to get sued.

blog.gitbutler.comGrit: rewriting Git in Rust with agentsWe used agents to port all of Git to library-first, memory-safe Rust and it passes the entire C Git test suite.

Piper Thunstrom

@pathunstrom.bsky.social

10 June

I read right up to "i skipped internationalization because not everyone needs it." Absolutely incredible argument.

Thoth

@thoth.ptnote.dev

TBF if I understand correctly git's i18n support is mostly "using gettext to translate the porcelain outputs", which is... not super relevant in a library context? You'd likely want to do your own i18n If you're writing an app based a git library anyways.

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Thoth

@thoth.ptnote.dev

10 June

(it's possible git has other i18n features I am overlooking whose exclusion is more serious though.)

Piper Thunstrom

@pathunstrom.bsky.social

10 June

Fair, I just know that if I see someone intentionally skipping internationalization or accessibility I get extra skeptical of the rest of the work. (Lacking because lack of skill set happens, but those folks are usually apologetic about the lack.)