Write libgit2 bindings for Rust

[catamorphism]

This would be good for rustpkg so it doesn't have to shell out to invoke git.

I'll do this if no one else picks it up, but it could be a good starter project for somebody.

[kimhyunkang]

I'd like to try this as a side project

It would make a great weekend hack project

[kud1ing]

See https://github.com/kimhyunkang/git2-rs

[emberian]

Visiting for triage; exciting that you are doing this, thank you!

[catamorphism]

@kud1ing - What's your status? Do you need any help in order to complete this? (Thanks!)

[kud1ing]

Tim, i've never taken it. And i fear i can not take it.

[catamorphism]

@kud1ing No problem, thanks for letting me know!

[kud1ing]

@kimhyunkang seems to have started such bindings.

[ghost]

Should this be closed now?

[passcod]

@kimhyunkang's bindings look like they haven't been updated past Rust 0.9, so no.

[ghost]

@passcod Well, my thinking was that with Cargo in place I don't think this is a Rust issue. There's many libraries that would be great to see implemented in Rust and libgit2 being just one of them.

[passcod]

Fair enough.

[eminence]

I've started some bindings as well. The code is incomplete, but what's there is functioning.

Code: https://github.com/eminence/libgit2-rs
Docs: http://eminence.github.io/libgit2-rs/doc/git2/git2/index.html

[alexcrichton]

Oh dear, sorry I should have posted here! I'm also working on some bindings for cargo here: https://github.com/alexcrichton/git2-rs

I'm only working on it in my spare time, but we should sync up!

[eminence]

Ok, cool! You might see some pull requests from me soon, then.

[richo]

I also had a poke, but ended up in bindgen hell.

Keen to see this become a thing though.

[thestinger]

The bindings do exist and provide a fair bit of functionality. I don't think there's a point in leaving an issue open here, the tracker at https://github.com/alexcrichton/git2-rs is a better location for any issues.