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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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In the past, I have managed to get git-hg to work, but it's been =
extremely
flaky -- for example, Python would refuse to find modules unless I ran =
hg
from within the modules directory.

Unfortunately, I've lost the drive with that system since.

On Mar 19, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com> =
wrote:

>=20
>> 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.
>=20
>=20
> Don=92t worry Arnold, I=92ve been using source control systems for =
decades and have
> used git since the early days.  I=92m glad it finally dropped the =
'git-pull=92 syntax
> for the cleaner (clearer|easier ?) to type =91git pull=92 =
implementation.  If git is
> the only DVCS tool you=92ve used it wouldn=92t hurt giving darcs or hg =
a cursory review
> to gain an understanding of alternative ways to slice the pie.
>=20
> That said, James did have an early port of hg-git and I=92ve 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=92t 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=92ve never used it.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> -jas
>=20
>=20