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authorMartin Woodward <martin@woodwardweb.com>2013-07-19 18:04:11 +0100
committerMartin Woodward <martin@woodwardweb.com>2013-07-19 18:04:11 +0100
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Tidy up the methods of contacting the project
Updated the methods of getting involved with the project and asking questions.
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@@ -11,20 +11,23 @@ libgit2 is licensed under a **very permissive license** (GPLv2 with a special Li
This basically means that you can link it (unmodified) with any kind of software without having to
release its source code.
-* Mailing list: ~~<libgit2@librelist.org>~~
- The libgit2 mailing list has
- traditionally been hosted in Librelist, but Librelist is and has always
- been a shitshow. We encourage you to [open an issue](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues)
- on GitHub instead for any questions regarding the library.
- * Archives: <http://librelist.com/browser/libgit2/>
* Website: <http://libgit2.github.com>
+* StackOverflow Tag: [libgit2](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/libgit2)
+* Issues: <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues>
* API documentation: <http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2>
* IRC: #libgit2 on irc.freenode.net.
+* Mailing list: The libgit2 mailing list was
+ traditionally hosted in Librelist but has been deprecated. We encourage you to
+ [use StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/libgit2) or [open an issue](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues)
+ on GitHub instead for any questions regarding the library. The mailing list archives are still available at
+ <http://librelist.com/browser/libgit2/>.
+
What It Can Do
==================================
-libgit2 is already very usable.
+libgit2 is already very usable and is being used in production for many applications including the GitHub.com site, in Plastic SCM
+and also powering Microsoft's Visual Studio tools for Git. The library provides:
* SHA conversions, formatting and shortening
* abstracted ODB backend system
@@ -128,8 +131,8 @@ Here are the bindings to libgit2 that are currently available:
* Lua
* luagit2 <https://github.com/libgit2/luagit2>
* .NET
- * libgit2net, low level bindings <https://github.com/txdv/libgit2net>
* libgit2sharp <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp>
+ * libgit2net, low level bindings superceeded by libgit2sharp <https://github.com/txdv/libgit2net>
* Node.js
* node-gitteh <https://github.com/libgit2/node-gitteh>
* nodegit <https://github.com/tbranyen/nodegit>