From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Mon,  8 Jul 2019 12:54:55 -0700
From: Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Message-Id: <20190708125455.ccc7e65e95c42201d8c601cf@eigenstate.org>
In-Reply-To: <46E7EE42925499BF1B9558D2423340AA@eigenstate.org>
References: <46E7EE42925499BF1B9558D2423340AA@eigenstate.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [9fans] Git/fs: Possibly Usable
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 01596792-eada-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 21:41:09 -0700
ori@eigenstate.org wrote:

> It was mentioned on this list a short while ago. Now, it's
> more or less at the point where it works for me. Expect
> many bugs and problems, and many more missing tools, but
> "the rest is just scripting".

An update: I'm now using this git implementation on a daily
basis. It's hosting its own development now, and tons of
bugs have been fixed.

All commits in the git mirror here were made with git9 on 9front:
https://github.com/oridb/git9

I'm also keeping the old mirror in hg alive:
https://bitbucket.org/oridb/git9

There's one incompatibility that I'm aware of with 9legacy, where
I use `$split{...} syntax in rc to make files with spaces work
cleanly. I don't think 9legacy imported that patch from 9atom.

The remaining missing bits, in my mind:

	- UI polish; There's some thought needed about how
	  the exposed functionality should work.

	- Patch import/export: probably git/diff -[pa] for
	  generating or importing `git format-patch` compatible
	  style diff.

	- Rebase-like functionality would be nice.

	- (Low priority, probably won't do it myself, but I'd
	  take a patch): HTTP protocol. Most places (including
	  github) serve up git protocol URLS, in the form

		git://github.com/user/repo

--
Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>