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Merge pull request #4037 from libgit2/cmn/goals 

README: be more explicit in the goals and scope
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README.md
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What It Can Do What It Can Do
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`libgit2` is already very usable and is being used in production for many The goal of this library is to allow its users the ability to handle Git data in
applications including the GitHub.com site, in Plastic SCM and also powering their applications from their programming language of choice, as is used in
Microsoft's Visual Studio tools for Git. The library provides: production for many applications including the GitHub.com site, in Plastic SCM
and also powering Microsoft's Visual Studio tools for Git.
It does not aim to replace the git tool or its user-facing commands. Some APIs
resemble the plumbing commands as those align closely with the concepts of the
Git system, but most commands a user would type are out of scope for this
library to implement directly.
The library provides:
* SHA conversions, formatting and shortening * SHA conversions, formatting and shortening
* abstracted ODB backend system * abstracted ODB backend system
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