Re: On git 1.6 (novice's opinion)

["H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:21:36 +0100, "Ulrich Windl"
<ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:

> What I'd like to see in git (My apologies if some were already discussed to 
> death):
> 
> 1) The ability to use the file's time at the time of add/commit instead of
>    the current time, and the ability tho check outfiles with the times stored
>    in the repository.
> 
> 2) Keyword substitution. I know it's controverse (dealing with binary files),
>    but I'd like to have some automatic version numbering keyword at least:
>    Initial idea is that every commit with a change increments the number by
>    one, and when merging numbers a and b, the resulting number is max(a, b) + 1.

impossible. Even with checkin- and checkout hooks, you won't get that
SCCS behaviour. They have to be better in something too :)
/me still misses that but got used to it

> 3) "git undo": If possible undo the effects of the last command.
> 
> Following are some random remarks from a first-time git user, regarding the 
> buld/install:
> 
> Notes on building git-1.6.1.3 on openSUSE 11.0:
> There is no "asciidoc"; the INSTALL should be more verbose on special
> requirements (i.e. additional packages needed, and where to get them).

# zypper in asciidoc libcurl-devel

(yes, 'make install-man' should stop soon after detecting asciidoc is
not installed


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