From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: [RFC (take 2) Git User's Survey 2007 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:51 -0400 Message-ID: <20070731003251.GW20052@spearce.org> References: <200707250358.58637.jnareb@gmail.com> <200707302256.38251.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Ciarrocchi To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jul 31 02:33:00 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IFffX-0000xg-Ei for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:32:59 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756650AbXGaAc4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756603AbXGaAc4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:56 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:37236 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755911AbXGaAcz (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:55 -0400 Received: from [74.70.48.173] (helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1IFffH-0006o5-9D; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:43 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8167A20FBAE; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:32:52 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200707302256.38251.jnareb@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jakub Narebski wrote: > How you use GIT > > 8. Which porcelains do you use? > (zero or more: multiple choice) > - core-git, cogito, StGIT, pg, guilt, egit (Eclipse), other > 9. Which git GUI do you use > (zero or more: multiple choice) > - gitk, git-gui, qgit, gitview, giggle, tig, instaweb, > (h)gct, qct, KGit, other I'll give you git-gui as a GUI here instead of a porcelain. But I *seriously* object to calling egit a porcelain. egit is a complete reimplementation of git in Java. Calling it a porcelain is wrong. Robin, David and myself have put a considerable amount of effort into keeping egit 100% pure Java, so it is Write Once, Test Everywhere. The _only_ code that egit has borrowed from core Git has been the packfile delta decompressor. Everything else is a reimplementation. Just not 100% blackbox, as the egit developers have looked at the core Git source before. Heck, we have even been known to contribute a patch here or there to core Git. :) All of the other porcelains that you listed reuse the core Git plumbing and are thus true porcelain. But egit doesn't. -- Shawn.