[egit-dev] UI dependencies in egit core

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

I posted this to the egit newsgroup but realized that it probably 
belongs here. So here's a copy:

Hi,
I find a dependency to org.eclipse.ui from the org.eclipse.egit.core. 
Looking closer I see that some operations implement the 
IRunnableWithProgress interface from jface.

Since this makes it hard to use the egit.core in a headless environment, 
I would suggest you remove that dependency and instead wrap the affected 
code in an IRunnableInProgress when using it in the org.eclipse.egit.ui 
component. An alternative might be to use the IWorkspaceRunnable instead 
and then wrap that in a IRunnableWithProgress in the UI. That way, you 
free the headless part from the need of a large number of UI bundles 
that are never needed.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren