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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Linus Arver via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> An alternative would be to deprecate and/or remove `git-contacts` from
> "contrib" and instead point people at Felipe's `git-related`[1], which
> is the direct parent[2] of `git-contacts`, as well as a more
> functional drop-in replacement for `git-contacts`.

I am not sure it is wise to add an external dependency on a tool
that is not very well known ([1] has only 68 stars), not packaged
for distros [*] and is more or less dormant (the last update was
April last year).

Unless the one we locally carry is vastly inadequate in comparison,
I somehow doubt that it is a better alternative to ask our target
audience to use it, than letting them use git-contacts from in-tree.


[Footnote]

 * "git imerge" and "tig" are what I compare with to use as a
   yardstick, when trying to judge how well-known and easily
   obtainable a package related to us is.