Re: Frescobaldi and git: Flatpak considered harmful

On Wed, 2026-08-12 at 23:41 +0200, Federico Bruni wrote:
> Il giorno lun 10 ago 2026 alle 00:33:43 +01:00:00, Graham King 
> <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> > I keep my Lilypond code under git revision control, and I use the
> > snippet at
> > https://wiki.lilypond.community/wiki/Showing_git_commit_hash_(or_other_revision_number)
> > to make the hash visible in lilypond's output PDFs.  That way, it
> > is
> > always possible to recover the precise lilypond code that created
> > that
> > PDF.  But this doesn't work when running Lilypond from within a 
> > flatpak
> > of Frescobaldi.
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm maintainer of the Frescobaldi flatpak package.
> I've never used that snippet, although I use git to manage my sheets.
> 
> If someone took over the work started a few years ago to integrate
> Git 
> in Frescobaldi, then bundling git inside Frescobaldi flatpak would be
> a 
> must.
> As of today I might consider adding git, if it's easy to build and 
> doesn't take too much space (it shouldn't).. and if other flatpak
> users 
> find it useful.
> 
Hi Federico, sorry for the slow reply.  I can't speak of the git
integration in Frescobaldi.  Personally, I use git externally to track
scores, but I rely on lilypond being able to access git at compile-time
for this one snippet.  The snippet is vital for linking the output PDF
to the revision control system.

I think it would benefit the community to make git available to the
flatpak, to make it simpler for folk to discover the many benefits of
keeping their lilypond source under revision control.

Thanks for taking an interest.
-- Graham