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Boaz Harrosh, Thu, Jul 31, 2008 15:04:50 +0200:
> Produce a C file and header that defines some stable API to your
> GUI application, that does not expose any git internal headers.
> Then compile that, say git_api.c, with C compiler in Makefile
> and extern "C" link that file to your C++ application. This will
> completely insulate you from any git code.

no, it wont. He still have to resolve name conflicts at the link time.