Should openssh be an input of Git?

Should openssh be an input of Git?

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Hi!

I've noticed that `git clone <ssh-repository-link>` fails if openssh is
not in the user profile.
Should we add openssh as an input to Git?

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Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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Re: Should openssh be an input of Git?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> I've noticed that `git clone <ssh-repository-link>` fails if openssh is
> not in the user profile.
> Should we add openssh as an input to Git?

I’d say no:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix size git | tail -1
total: 375.1 MiB
$ guix size git openssh | tail -1
total: 408.9 MiB
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The rationale is that SSH support is optional and can be dynamically
added, so it’s a case where dynamic lookups in $PATH are a good idea
IMO.

Ludo’.

Re: Should openssh be an input of Git?

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Sure enough, thanks for confirming this.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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Re: Should openssh be an input of Git?

[Leo Famulari]

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On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:36:40AM +0100, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
> I've noticed that `git clone <ssh-repository-link>` fails if openssh is
> not in the user profile.
> Should we add openssh as an input to Git?

I guess that programs like Git and rsync (another SSH user that doesn't
depend on it explicitly) can use several different SSH implementations,
right? Like Dropbear, lsh, and others.

If so, I think it makes sense to let the user install an SSH themselves,
especially since these programs are useful without SSH.

The bonus is that it reduces the number of packages that depend on
OpenSSH, ensuring that we can change that package cheaply and quickly.
Git is a farily expensive build.

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