From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:08:53 +0200 Message-ID: <83incc6ot6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bmj6dda0.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <87vahe911g.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87374id7jy.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <877ett8g7k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87a7yn7tqp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878te75xa1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ind6l2tt.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877etklvsa.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83y3m0pv8u.fsf@gnu.org> <86608msw0h.fsf@dod.no> <838tdiet25.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3li4vh7.fsf@telefonica.net> <87efnan46u.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> <7c7503b4-1f82-8a25-fedd-c61c3e7629f6@cs.ucla.edu> <83zi5o6w4p.fsf@gnu.org> <745d2f02-8ca3-8962-0de4-053340c8fa63@cs.ucla.edu> <83o9m46u55.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515445649 28700 195.159.176.226 (8 Jan 2018 21:07:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 21:07:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: sb@dod.no, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 08 22:07:25 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eYedb-0006tL-2i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:07:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59080 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYefa-000460-8a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:09:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYefT-00045h-N2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:09:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYefQ-0001LI-Bx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:09:15 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42781) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eYefQ-0001LC-7n; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4109 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eYefJ-0002lV-2k; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:09:05 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:29:27 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221728 Archived-At: > Cc: rms@gnu.org, sb@dod.no, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:29:27 -0800 > > Nowadays, I would not consider doing nontrivial development on Emacs > without having a Git repository available. (This does not require an > Internet connection, just a copy of the repository; I commonly work this > way.) These days, serious hacking without the repository would be like > hacking without the ChangeLog files would have been in the old days. > It'd be like hacking with one arm tied behind one's back, and it's not > something that we need to cater to. That's all very far from my everyday's experience. Let's just agree that ChangeLog files are useful for some of us.