support building USE_SSH=exec
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Description
this will enable the use of OpenSSH instead of libssh hopefully fixing a bunch of problems
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how git2-rs selects libssh during builds and where the USE_SSH=exec option is handled. Compare the existing libssh path with the requested OpenSSH path, then verify that a build using USE_SSH=exec completes and uses OpenSSH instead of libssh.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100