[9fans] using git

[arnold@skeeve.com]

Changed the subject line.

Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com> wrote:

> Alas, having git on Plan 9 may not be all that useful for me as git is
> the first revision control tool I’ve used where the commands and overall
> structure begs for a GUI to make sense of it all.  I guess that’s what all
> the web interfaces and forks are for…

I beg to differ. I've been using it for 4+ years now. I can't stand
the git GUI (at least the one on windows).  There is definitely some
learning curve and mindset change, but day-to-day use involves only
a handful of commands.

The O'Reilly book on Git is a reasonable way to learn it.

I haven't used hg or bzr, but compared to svn and cvs, git is light
years ahead.  This is also true of some of the commercial variants
such as Perforce and TFS.

I know some real git fanatics. I'm not one, but I am a "fan". :-)

I'll be happy to continue a discussion with you offline, if you wish.

Thanks,

Arnold