Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 11 months ago
#64044 assigned enhancement
git-lfs: allow using system git
| Reported by: | chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez) | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | cooljeanius (Eric Gallager) | |
| Port: | git-lfs |
Description
For my own uses, the git included with Xcode 12.4 command line tools has been sufficient. I encountered a repository that requires git-lfs. But MacPorts’ git-lfs currently depends on MacPorts’ git, which is not distributable. I think it would be desirable to not have to build git locally just to use MacPorts’ git-lfs, and it appears to work fine with system git (e.g. no broken links to MacPorts git). Can the git-lfs port specify the git dependency using bin:git:git, at least on systems with sufficiently recent git?
Change History (7)
comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)
| Type: | defect → enhancement |
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comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)
comment:3 Changed 2 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
In the meantime, git became distributable. But the port also requires at least macOS 10.12, which ensures that the macOS release always ships a git version that is new enough.
No objections to make it depends_run bin:git:git as far as I can see.
comment:4 follow-up: 6 Changed 2 years ago by chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)
Rainer, thanks for commenting. I believe I have since encountered enough objections elsewhere to the possibility of non-MacPorts dependencies being used, such that I should withdraw this request. I have not needed git-lfs since opening this ticket.
comment:5 Changed 2 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)
| Cc: | cooljeanius added |
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comment:6 Changed 2 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)
Replying to chrstphrchvz:
Rainer, thanks for commenting. I believe I have since encountered enough objections elsewhere to the possibility of non-MacPorts dependencies being used, such that I should withdraw this request.
I think it's still worth doing.
comment:7 Changed 11 months ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
| Owner: | raimue deleted |
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Dropping maintainership for git-lfs.
According to https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/README.md, git ≥ 1.8.5 is required on macOS. From browsing https://opensource.apple.com/, Xcode 5.1 is the earliest version meeting this requirement (contains git 1.8.5.2). Based on wiki:XcodeVersionInfo and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode#Xcode_5.0_-_6.x_(since_arm64_support), a compatible git version may be present on macOS 10.8 and 10.9, but may only be guaranteed to be present on 10.10 and later.