thodg/libgit2

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 libgit2 is already very usable.
 
 * SHA conversions, formatting and shortening
-* abstracked ODB backend system
+* abstracted ODB backend system
 * commit, tag, tree and blob parsing, editing, and write-back
 * tree traversal
 * revision walking