Thanks, Arjen, I didn't know that Tortoise SVN supported that. Now I'll have to tone down my praise of "git add" a little! :-)
Dave On Feb 3, 2015, at 2:50 AM, Arjen Markus wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In defence of SVN – couldn’t help myself – the tool (Tortoise SVN) I have > been using for years now to deal with SVN has given me much the same degree > of freedom, as it presents a nice dialogue to select the files and edit the > commit message etc. As my first experiences with git were via a command-line > tool (that is not the problem) in an unfamiliar shell (that is a problem), I > was far less enthousiastic than most of you. But I am beginning to understand > the way git works – at least vis-a-vis our rebase workflow – and that has > made things much clearer. > > Regards, > > Arjen > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 7:15 PM > > To: David MacMahon > > Cc: Arjen Markus; PLplot development list > > Subject: git blog > > > > On 2015-01-30 10:22-0800 David MacMahon wrote: > > > > > I first thought that [git add] was a weird and annoying extra step, > > > but I have > > grown fond of this capability as well. I often find myself with several > > files to commit, > > yet the changes are not all related. Git makes it easy to commit only some > > of my > > modified files, so I can make each commit contain just the changes that I > > want to > > group together. > > > > Thanks, Dave. Your above comment perfectly captures my own reactions to > > "git > > add" over time. > > > > I have not yet tried the -p (--patch) or -i (--interactive) capabilities of > > this command, > > but they do seem quite powerful. > > > > Alan > > __________________________ > > Alan W. Irwin > > > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, > > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation > > for > > stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project > > (timeephem.sf.net); > > PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi > > project > > (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the > > Linux Brochure > > Project (lbproject.sf.net). > > __________________________ > > > > Linux-powered Science > > __________________________ > > DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, > The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in > any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the > improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this > e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
