libgit2
brew install libgit2
v1.9.4
GPL-2.0-only WITH GCC-exception-2.0
C library providing re-entrant Git repository operations for embedding in applications.
Why you might care
Embedded in version-control tools, language bindings, and build systems that need programmatic Git access without shelling out to git. Single, linkable library with no dependency on the git binary itself; faster and more controllable than subprocess calls.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://libgit2.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libgit2.rb
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