General Information =================== libgit2-glib is a glib wrapper library around the libgit2 git access library. libgit2 only implements the core plumbing functions, not really the higher level porcelain stuff. For a primer on Git Internals that you will need to know to work with Git at this level, check out [Chapter 9][pg] of the Pro Git book. http://progit.org/book/ch9-0.html libgit2-glib is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1, see the file 'COPYING' for more information. Installation ============ libgit2-glib requires libgit2-0.25.x, glib 2.44.x, gio 2.26.x and gobject-introspection 0.9.x. Simple install procedure: % tar Jxf libgit2-glib-0.99.0.1.tar.xz # unpack the sources % cd libgit2-glib-0.99.0.1 # change to the toplevel directory % meson builddir # run meson % ninja -C builddir # build libgit2-glib # [ Become root if necessary ] % ninja -C builddir install # install libgit2-glib See the file 'INSTALL' for more detailed information.