On 19 March 2015 at 18:26, <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:

> Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 19 March 2015 at 16:09, <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
> >
> > > There is definitely some
> > > learning curve and mindset change
> >
> > Just what I want from a little servant that's supposed to help me manage
> > some file changes.
>
> Git is intended for something completely different than RCS.
>
> I really, REALLY, don't want to start a flame war, although this being
> 9fans, it's probably not possible. More's the pity.
>
> And again, I AM NOT trying to proselytize.  But, if you are curious as
> to what value I personally found in git for gawk development, I will be
> happy to discuss it in personal email.


Unfortunately, switching between different devices I missed this reply.
I wasn't really comparing it to RCS although I can see that was a
reasonable conclusion from my wording.


It might be worthwhile sending a brief description of what you use and what
you find valuable to the list.
There isn't much traffic at the moment.