From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Meyering Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: use git, not cvs Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87r6b5zfpr.fsf@rho.meyering.net> References: <20080607125159.8A74F9F05B4@grelber.thyrsus.com> <20080607132037.GA21979@thyrsus.com> <20080607141452.GF1812@muc.de> <20080607152408.GG1812@muc.de> <20080607193747.GB1420@thyrsus.com> <878wxd1sqg.fsf_-_@rho.meyering.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213097676 2526 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2008 11:34:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, Juanma Barranquero , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Alan Mackenzie To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 10 13:35:18 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K628D-0002Pn-HC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:35:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55960 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K627Q-0005O7-6e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K627L-0005NE-V3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K627K-0005N1-K7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:34:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49951 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K627K-0005My-CT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.29]:49212) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K6277-0007d9-DM; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:34:09 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F0E17B544; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mx.meyering.net (mx.meyering.net [82.230.74.64]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC94917B560; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister, from userid 1000) id AE7AD7F88; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:08 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:27:42 +0900") Original-Lines: 19 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98864 Archived-At: Miles Bader wrote: > "Juanma Barranquero" writes: >>> Now if only people would stop committing multiple files in a big change >>> one-by-one... (it would make the git history a lot more readable) >> >> I don't think that's going to happen until we switch to Bazaar... > > Why not? The more modern style of committing works perfectly well with > CVS, and improves the result of cvs-whatever gateways. People could get > used to the newer practice now, and help the history be more rational, > whether in bzr, or in git. It's easy: just set policy and explain why it matters. Of course, you'll have to send a polite message to the few committers whose fingers forget. It even easier once you've drunk the dVCS-flavored kool-aid and realize e.g., that you can manipulate change sets using a prefix of the one-line summary.