From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:39:53 +0200 Message-ID: <83k3efv5uu.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> <87fvp6bdd9.fsf_-_@ktab.red-bean.com> <83wqiixqbb.fsf@gnu.org> <20140102172804.GB13245@thyrsus.com> <83vby2xo6x.fsf@gnu.org> <83r48qxg6e.fsf@gnu.org> <87y52y5bau.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83iou1y06o.fsf@gnu.org> <87ha9l5d82.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83txdlw1aw.fsf@gnu.org> <871u0p5bdt.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83r48pvz45.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqih3u7x.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83ppo8x1sj.fsf@gnu.org> <87lhyw4xaj.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83ha9kwz2c.fsf@gnu.org> <878uuw4ug4.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83d2k8w71j.fsf@gnu.org> <87k3ef8xiq.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83sit3v7rz.fsf@gnu.org> <877gaf8ppc.fsf@wanadoo.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388868095 27705 80.91.229.3 (4 Jan 2014 20:41:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 20:41:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 04 21:41:39 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VzY2M-0006CZ-Ao for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:41:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzY2L-0000pS-Vt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57385) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzY2D-0000pI-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzY28-0002aJ-EF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:41:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:64761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzY28-0002Zv-6H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:41:24 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MYW00G00946RC00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:40:10 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MYW00GOD9EXJR70@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:40:10 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <877gaf8ppc.fsf@wanadoo.es> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167326 Archived-At: > From: =D3scar Fuentes > Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:19:43 +0100 >=20 > Eli Zaretskii writes: >=20 > >> Why do you need an MSYSGit shell open at all times? > > > > Because that's the only way to ensure everything in git will work= as > > best as it can. > > > >> Have you tried any of the Emacs interfaces for Git? (I highly > >> recommend Magit, which is *immensely* more convenient than the > >> command line for everyday's work) > > > > I don't trust any of these interfaces to work correctly with MSYS > > based commands and scripts, sorry. >=20 > So you are using an inconvenient setup because you are afraid of > hypothetical problems and refuse to switch to an alternative, conve= nient > setup because you are afraid of other, even more hypothetical probl= ems? > :-) They are not hypothetical, believe me. I have a lot gray hair to vouch for that, and too little time to waste on this again. > I'm using MSYSGit + VC + Magit on Windows for several years and it = never > caused a single data-loss issue. Good for you.