From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: missing: git api, reference, user manual and mission statement Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:58:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20050419135810.GA19393@elte.hu> References: <20050419123631.GD3739@xdt04.mpe-garching.mpg.de> <42650CFC.1010400@qualitycode.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Klaus Robert Suetterlin , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Apr 19 15:58:38 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNtC3-0005XG-1o for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:55:11 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261530AbVDSN7P (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:59:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261531AbVDSN7P (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:59:15 -0400 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:35206 "EHLO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261530AbVDSN7M (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:59:12 -0400 Received: from chiara.elte.hu (chiara.elte.hu [157.181.150.200]) by mx2.elte.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8C0319D2B; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:57:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: by chiara.elte.hu (Postfix, from userid 17806) id B8D171FC2; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:58:13 +0200 (CEST) To: Kevin Smith Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42650CFC.1010400@qualitycode.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org * Kevin Smith wrote: > Klaus Robert Suetterlin wrote: > > 1) There is no clear (e.g. by name) distinction between ``git as done > > by Linus'', which is a kind of content addressable database with added > > semantics, and ``git as done by the rest of You'', which is a kind of > > SCM on top of Linuses stuff. > > I also see this as one of the biggest obstacles right now. It would be > very helpful if we could achieve the clear separation between git and > non-git that has been part of the design since the beginning. > > Git is very immature, and currently should only be used by brave > pioneers. About the only way for a mortal to even try git is to stick > to git-pasky releases, and not try to track all the patches flying > around. hey, it's a 2 weeks old project, but it's certainly one of the fastest-growing projects i've ever seen: it has so much steam that it's scary :) It seems that a true emergency focused a massive, spontaneous concentration of OSS development power. Ingo