From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/52183 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: git repository Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:06 +0200 Message-ID: <4A817F42.1050201@wxs.nl> References: <20090811121513.GC20017@katherina.student.utwente.nl> <4A816940.20007@wxs.nl> <20090811134205.GF20017@katherina.student.utwente.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250000724 30230 80.91.229.12 (11 Aug 2009 14:25:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:24 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Aug 11 16:25:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MasHs-0002CU-80 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1456CC9ADD; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nRm0-2G9mM9G; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4182C9AD9; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53CACC9AD9 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 4eXgShfA6UKq for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84603C9ABB for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 32933-1840426 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:07 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) In-Reply-To: <20090811134205.GF20017@katherina.student.utwente.nl> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:52183 Archived-At: Matthijs Kooijman wrote: >> well, such messages would not help much unless they would be detailed >> (and then should be done for each file); as i work on all files at the >> same time it would cost me way to much time and it gains me nothing; >> looking at the diff in a git gui is more informative > A git commit contains changes to multiple files, with a single message, so if > you work on one logical change at a time, this should not be a problem. > Perhaps you are thinking of CVS, which (AFAIK) provides only per-file > versioning? sure, but i never change 'one file' per commit, often many small changes in files (even typos or just formatting) > Also, even short messages like, "Added \foo command", or "Fixed \bar > alignment" would probably be helpful. i've probably forgotten that by the time i submit a zip as there can be quit esome time between a commit then > Then again, you are completely correct that there is some effort to be > invested to properly use a versioning system, especially if you're not used to > working with one. In my experience, having a versioning system like git (or > mercurial seems to be good as well) does pay off in the long run, but only if > you tune your development flow to work well with it. indeed, and we started on context way before there was git (and many files are involved, not only tex files); changing now would probably stall me for a while Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________