Can I use git within KOReader?

[flip-rossi]

This week I started developing a plugin for KOReader and, while I can test it just fine with the desktop app, I already want to take advantage of my features on my Kindle. While I can simply copy the new versions of the plugin via SSH while at home, it'd be nicer to simply

git pull

via the terminal emulator (and also for updating any other community plugins!)

Is there any way to use git in the KOReader app (more specifically, on a Kindle 10th gen)? I've done some googling and found Lua bindings for libgit2. Has someone taken advantage of them or would it be easy to do so? Or can I simply just install a normal git binary?

Thanks for KOReader btw! I've been loving it

[pazos]

If there're binaries for your platform available use them. If not try to build it (there's a toolchain available for each embedded platorm where KO runs).

libgit2 is a bit of a PITA if you're used to git cli since day-to-day git actions that are simple in the cli involve figuring out how things are implemented in git at a lower level.

But I would definitly suggest rsync for developing and testing. It should be available rn and, if it's not, it should be easier to port.

[flip-rossi]

Maybe I didn't look in the right places, but I don't find any suitable git binary (for ARMv7) simply available... Maybe one day if I have the strength I'll try building it with the toolchain you mentioned. Thanks!

[Frenzie]

There should be Debian and/or Alpine packages if nothing else but rsync makes a heck of a lot more sense really.