https://github.com/desktop/dugite-native
A toolchain for building a portable, cross-platform Git for applications
https://github.com/desktop/dugite-native
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A toolchain for building a portable, cross-platform Git for applications
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/desktop/dugite-native
- Owner: desktop
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2017-01-26T09:34:24.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-02-18T14:23:12.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-02-18T14:55:32.554Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: git, linux, macos, packaging, windows
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 842 KB
- Stars: 220
- Watchers: 21
- Forks: 113
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
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README
# Dugite - The Native Bits
This project contains the tooling for building a version of Git that is optimized for
scripted usage in applications. It also removes many non-core features:
- no linking to system libraries
- use symlinks to reduce output size
- no Perl runtime
- no dependency on OpenSSL
- no Tcl/Tk GUI
- no translation of error messages
There are also additional customizations included in this toolchain:
- Git-LFS
- Git Credential Manager
- certificate bundle for Linux consumers
**Note:** this is not intended to be installed by end users - [go here](https://git-scm.com/)
to download Git for your operating system.
### Status
This project's primary purpose is to support GitHub Desktop.
### Roadmap
It is expected that this toolchain will be updated as Git and it's other dependencies are updated, to ensure applications are running on the latest
stable version of Git.
Feel free to open issues or pull requests about fixes or optimizations we can incorporate
into the packaging process. Refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file for instructions and the [documentation](./docs/) sections for more information about the repository.
Bugfixes and feature requests for Git should be discussied on the [Git mailing list](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitCommunity).
### Credits
The [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io) project already
provides a minimal environment (called 'MinGit') with each release that covers
most of the above requirements