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19 lines
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synopsis: "Nix now uses `libgit2` for Git fetching"
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prs:
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- 9240
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- 9241
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- 9258
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- 9480
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issues:
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- 5313
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Nix has built-in support for fetching sources from Git, during evaluation and locking; outside the sandbox.
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The existing implementation based on the Git CLI had issues regarding reproducibility and performance.
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Most of the original `fetchGit` behavior has been implemented using the `libgit2` library, which gives the fetcher fine-grained control.
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Known issues:
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- The `export-subst` behavior has not been reimplemented. [Partial](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9391#issuecomment-1872503447) support for this Git feature is feasible, but it did not make the release window.
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