From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avery Pennarun Subject: Re: Is this an appropriate list for general git questions Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:29:46 -0400 Message-ID: <32541b131003271529x6d6f8b03g18cbf9949d49a574@mail.gmail.com> References: <5C4288BC-B87E-41CB-B3CB-90122098B7E9@newgeo.com> <32541b131003211736t823ea8cye7ab4075fa8ccdd5@mail.gmail.com> <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Scott Haneda X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 27 23:30:15 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NveWF-0004nc-41 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:30:15 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754098Ab0C0WaI convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:30:08 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:55817 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754020Ab0C0WaH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:30:07 -0400 Received: by gyg13 with SMTP id 13so737625gyg.19 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:30:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9Kj74Klx3HIM3J0+lHmSm+mD6+hfHu59tdwrgJGjZOA=; b=l9f3HClruW2Gq1BeqjPJliw+mRaa/67p292kBNwcuNJxlDS1hhfAz1GACcQbiuwX0R B/d2YNgn66sZkQEonFeAdjXqsW67ejfDAsEQ0IEyfzHPSTaX+zclX/r5Qkm1bPBrC7R/ MIVzXX6bariUvVUMLDfUzGy7IqnGW7yIfNp0k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bhexpSeStH7NZS+iHsYDqOkOFhT86hBMKKgyGSgQiBqoQkBe5oQt+lzUA3VMo/2IcE aCBw3uTPHkBbE7rvlCGPMDxtxJx4eEHSQxhgepXS9U7jZUyd3VOa1qerC9bScdQJIxA0 sUBFcyKGbRD7CjkEn45P8vqof/zATngl4AUOk= Received: by 10.151.51.17 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:29:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com> Received: by 10.150.141.2 with SMTP id o2mr1117403ybd.332.1269729006086; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:30:06 -0700 (PDT) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Scott Haneda wr= ote: > On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Avery Pennarun wrote: >> By the way, this mailing list accepts posts from non-subscribers, an= d >> it's the policy on the list to always cc: everyone who has replied t= o >> a message in that thread so far, including the original poster. =A0T= he >> idea is that you can ask a question about git without *having* to >> subscribe to read all the other stuff. =A0But of course, reading som= e of >> the other stuff will make you a more competent git user pretty fast, >> so it might be worth it anyway. > > Interesting, I have never once in 15+ years of mailing lists, seen a = list work this > way. =A0Pretty nice to not have to subscribe. =A0Amazing that there i= s not spam all over this list. I'm guessing they just use a good spam scanner. >> You should probably look at getting a good book on version control. >> You can find *these* using Google, including free online ones, now >> that you know this is what you should do :) > > Ok, I will look into it. =A0I am really hoping there is a "4 command = to using > git" type of thing. =A0I think I even heard that Joel Spolsky guy sta= te > something along those lines; that he has gotten by with version contr= ol > on 4 commands. =A0I can not remember if it was git he was referring t= o though. No, it was mercurial. As I recall, he then went on to decide that trying to use it with only four commands wasn't the right approach and you should actually learn about it, and wrote a series of tutorials. It's generally agreed (though perhaps not among everyone on this list :)) that mercurial is easier to learn at first than git. However, in my experience, once you've spent the time to learn how git works, you also gain a lot more than with any other system. It's ridiculously powerful, in the same way that Unix is powerful. Then again, if you're running on a Mac, there are some GUI-based git tools available. I've heard good things about GitX, though I haven't tried it myself. >> source code almost never *needs* >> these resource forks: only finished products do, and those are usual= ly >> built *from* the source code. =A0As part of the build process, you a= dd >> the resource forks and xattrs onto the completed files. > > Yes, very true, except in the case of AppleScripts and Automator acti= ons. >=A0Which can be "compiled" and finished apps, but also can be raw sour= ce files. >=A0However, I believe that even those, being that they run in their ow= n development > environment, have resources and other attributes that have to be main= tained. As I understand it, almost everything in OS X avoids requiring resource forks nowadays. You'll probably be okay. Have fun, Avery