From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H.Merijn Brand" Subject: Re: On git 1.6 (novice's opinion) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:05:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20090327090554.5d6160f2@pc09.procura.nl> References: <49CC8C90.12268.242CEFCE@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Ulrich Windl" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 27 09:15:46 2009 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 1Ln7E9-0004Gg-D7 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:15:45 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757509AbZC0INK (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:13:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757395AbZC0INJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:13:09 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.24]:1937 "EHLO smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753089AbZC0INF (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:13:05 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 425 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:13:04 EDT Received: from pc09.procura.nl (procura.xs4all.nl [82.95.216.29]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n2R85tRH094885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:05:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from h.m.brand@xs4all.nl) In-Reply-To: <49CC8C90.12268.242CEFCE@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1cvs20 (GTK+ 2.14.4; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwEAIAAACI8LKTAAAACXBIWXMAAABIAAAASABGyWs+AAAC JElEQVRo3u2aMY4CMQxFczZ6RItEzRm4DBINDbRUSPRInIRbsNK6+dJfezN4kokn48IaCSjysL8d e9Knoj2fr9f9/gllqQ6U9/vxWK3EdwdIEGjRIVCu18NhuxUfK46SH81+fzrdbuKPx/P5ctHQdAdI TKAgpvV6s9ntBEfXEYSGgMQzIHnuFBBjkshCNJ2KtJZ04hHNAugP8bZr3NIHhbcF0AKoK0CoaHXU LUWBIs1n+jV+Fl8CVqOApEXAwyMO/DSR4XVntoAYDR7eBjQupuYAYTMph8Rj21D4m7MChN02tpqs NSnb/KqU2oHCXu5xDCgflj/RAgBiKBIXnICzAsSjWBsTz5K4/HeXYvb8yK5lY3VGEwPi2aONKT+5 AlcxrTPOwcTiraGRChgMEKJh0bVVifGVTq6qgBiNVl8QE29EsK6VE+YJAOG2wz5AvsqUS6uqgHCA n4NGvBYpnJ64Jgg27sCtxtBk1CJIA4S/GhdWKh07QxUB48jWGhZ4jKamRRr/T8/M0AaEyctry6YB 4dTGj9iWZNs3DahES5kPCJOu0RQbF/fQOBprsB9gaO9JtPDzII9U5ySXX7AnuIt91y54AAW7rPpT LCe5gt3F+CLqr2UarGB3MXvMylWGq4+9RCx3TW1oJq1t3HPQlFs6N1fFNEB4s8dn7Ne7ACSm7TPQ I5quAWmw6qBpulHM33B0Csge4Nd8JTTYG2b1XyRe3lH8x34ABJ6aePuQ2N4AAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:21:36 +0100, "Ulrich Windl" 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 -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x, 5.11.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, 11.23, and 11.31, SuSE 10.3, 11.0, and 11.1, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/