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From: Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] using git
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> On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:09 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>=20
> I know some real git fanatics. I'm not one, but I am a "fan". :-)
>=20
> I'll be happy to continue a discussion with you offline, if you wish.


Don=E2=80=99t worry Arnold, I=E2=80=99ve been using source control =
systems for decades and have
used git since the early days.  I=E2=80=99m glad it finally dropped the =
'git-pull=E2=80=99 syntax
for the cleaner (clearer|easier ?) to type =E2=80=98git pull=E2=80=99 =
implementation.  If git is
the only DVCS tool you=E2=80=99ve used it wouldn=E2=80=99t hurt giving =
darcs or hg a cursory review
to gain an understanding of alternative ways to slice the pie.

That said, James did have an early port of hg-git and I=E2=80=99ve =
gotten close to getting
a new version working with the Python 2.7.x build.  Uriel left git 1.5.6 =
in his
contrib built for 386.  Unfortunately, Uriel didn=E2=80=99t leave build =
or install instruction
and his version is highly dependent on APE with all the whacked sh and =
perl scripts of=20
git-wrappers needing to go in /usr/glenda/share/git-core/templates or =
somewhere, so
I=E2=80=99ve never used it.

If someone were to take on a fresh git port, it should definitely =
include a mkfile
because that git/git/Makefile will take too long to parse and sort out =
the mess to
get everything up and running on Plan 9.

-jas