Re: How is git used as other than the project's version control?

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>]

Jeff King wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:55:38PM -0400, John Dlugosz wrote:
> 
>> I'm interested in finding out how people use git "on the side", when it
>> is not the project's actual version control system.
> 
> One of the nice things about git (and other distributed VCS's) is that
> creating a repo is very lightweight. If I am going to write a patch for
> some other software, the first thing I'll do after untarring it is "git
> init; git add .; git commit -m import". So it kind of blurs the concept
> of "what is the project's actual version control system" as you wrote
> above. If you consider the project to be my patch, it _is_ the VCS. Even
> though upstream may not be using it.
> 

This...

> And of course, if I am going to do multiple patches, then I may convert
> and track upstream's history via git.
> 

... although I usually *always* do this, even if it's only one patch.

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