From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Kastrup Subject: Re: Track /etc directory using Git Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:02 +0200 Message-ID: <85642bc1ep.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <38b2ab8a0709130511q7a506c5cvb0f8785a1d7ed7ad@mail.gmail.com> <20070913122002.GO671@genesis.frugalware.org> <38b2ab8a0709140120k50f5b474oc8a841ea0a5fda50@mail.gmail.com> <20070915163209.GA18508@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: martin f krafft X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 15 18:57:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IWaxH-0004Zc-Nc for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:16 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752029AbXIOQ5M (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751651AbXIOQ5L (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:11 -0400 Received: from mail-in-10.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.50]:59196 "EHLO mail-in-10.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751786AbXIOQ5L (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:11 -0400 Received: from mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.14]) by mail-in-10.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8EAC1F58B9; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (mail-in-06.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.46]) by mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9655C114336; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-048-000.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.48.0]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7AB35E74C; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 1271B1C0024C; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:03 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20070915163209.GA18508@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> (martin f. krafft's message of "Sat\, 15 Sep 2007 18\:32\:09 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4280/Sat Sep 15 17:03:14 2007 on mail-in-06.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: martin f krafft writes: > also sprach Francis Moreau [2007.09.14.1020 +0200]: >> The funny thing is that this tool is based on git/cogito but the >> scm used to manage it is darc. > > They switched to git after running their heads too many times > against darcs walls. Since they are not using git as a source code management system nor darcs as a versioned file system, it is not particularly funny. It's like being proud when the neighbor watchmaker borrows a hammer: "ah, I always told him that a hammer is the ultimate device for repairing a clock". -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum