hi michael, ... On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 07:55:50PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > [...] > > what is it about patches that are less evil > > than changesets? can you list some of the > > advantages? > > changesets *do not exist* in git - git tracks content. > > I compare "multiple directories with patches" with the "bush of branches". > With bush of branches: > git pull broken, git archive broken, git tag broken, git reset broken. > It looks like the list can be continued.
none of these things are broken, they are just used differently. despite your apprehension, i'd like to see a list of the _advantages_ of multiple directories with patches -- perhaps with this list in hand we can see how they stack up... > Yes, we can start building our own tools on top of git to do this, > but I'd rather not. i'd hardly call a 4 line script a "tool". compare it to the ./ofed_scripts/configure script which is no longer necessary with backport branches. i think the complexity argument doesn't take you too far... i realize that you're attached to your current method, but i've _used_ a different method, and i can say from experience that it works _much_ better... at sonoma, i heard quite a few people asking for easier access to the OFED source. from the user's point of view, pulling a single branch from a repo is _much_ simpler than our current setup, don't you think? arthur _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
