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authorVicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>2011-03-07 21:18:05 +0200
committerVicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>2011-03-07 21:19:33 +0200
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Update README.md with new bindings
Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>
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@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as
re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native
speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings.
+libgit2 is licensed under a **very permissive license** (GPLv2 with a special Linking Exception).
+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>
* Website: <http://libgit2.github.com>
* API documentation: <http://libgit2.github.com/libgit2/modules.html>
* Usage guide: <http://libgit2.github.com/api.html>
@@ -14,13 +19,17 @@ What It Can Do
libgit2 is already very usable.
-* raw <-> hex SHA conversions
-* raw object reading (loose and packed)
-* raw object writing (loose)
-* revlist walker
-* commit, tag and tree object parsing and write-back
+* SHA conversions, formatting and shortening
+* object reading (loose and packed)
+* object writing (loose)
+* commit, tag, tree and blob parsing and write-back
* tree traversal
-* basic index file (staging area) operations
+* revision walking
+* index file (staging area) manipulation
+* custom ODB backends
+* reference management (including packed references)
+* ...and more
+
Building libgit2 - External dependencies
========================================
@@ -112,12 +121,14 @@ Language Bindings
Here are the bindings to libgit2 that are currently available:
* Rugged (Ruby bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/rugged>
-* pygit2 (Python bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2>
-* libgit2sharp (.NET bindings) <https://github.com/nulltoken/libgit2sharp>
-* php-git (PHP bindings) <https://github.com/chobie/php-git>
-* luagit2 (Lua bindings) <https://github.com/Neopallium/luagit2>
-* GitForDelphi (Delphi bindings) <https://github.com/jasonpenny/GitForDelphi>
* objective-git (Objective-C bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/objective-git>
+* pygit2 (Python bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2>
+* libgit2sharp (.NET bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp>
+* php-git (PHP bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/php-git>
+* luagit2 (Lua bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/luagit2>
+* GitForDelphi (Delphi bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/GitForDelphi>
+* node-gitteh (Node.js bindings) <https://github.com/libgit2/node-gitteh>
+* libqgit2 (C++ QT bindings) <https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/libs/libqgit2/>
* Geef (Erlang bindings) <https://github.com/schacon/geef>
If you start another language binding to libgit2, please let us know so