I've used a few VCS's in my time. Unless I've forgotten something, RCS, CVS, SVN, ClearCase, Perforce, hg, and most recently git. I can't argue that git is complicated. Probably more complicated than most people need.
> On Feb 20, 2023, at 12:11 PM, i...@gno.de wrote: > > Hi Binaris, > > I am with you that gerrit is much more difficult to handle than svn. I > remember that bad time after the switch and I had to make a lot of tries and > errors and I was about to give up and leave the project. > > As we met us in Berlin decades ago I think you also was a Windows user and I > thought that you was more familiar with git/gerrit than I was it that date. > > Anyway I have found a nice way to contribute to the gerrit repository: The > magic is TortoiseGit, easy to use, graphic UI and some useful > >> Am 20.02.2023 um 14:20 schrieb Bináris <wikipo...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> Thank you for the idea! This sounds interesting. But I would have to upload >> my private key to Toolforge, which sounds bad, wouldn't I? >> >> Yusuke Matsubara <w...@whym.org <mailto:w...@whym.org>> ezt írta (időpont: >> 2023. febr. 20., H, 12:48): >> Hi Bináris >> >> Can you perhaps push from your toolforge user directory? [1] As a >> workaround, something like this might work for you. >> >> 1. Download the pywikibot zip to your local environment. Apparently >> it's Windows in your case, but it can be anything. >> 2. Make changes to the files. I assume you can run tests as well. >> 3. Use ssh to login to toolforge, and use git clone to setup a clone >> of the pywikibot git repository in your toolforge user directory. >> 4. Copy the locally changed files to your toolforge user directory. >> (Use a rsync or sftp client.) >> 5. Back to the toolforge shell, commit the changes to the repository >> in your toolforge user directory, and push using git review. >> >> [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge/Quickstart >> <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge/Quickstart> >> >> # I see the linked phabricator ticket was declined because the >> discussion was getting out of scope. I hope this one last message >> helps. Otherwise, we probably shouldn't continue talking about >> individual setups here as well. >> >> -Yusuke (User:Whym) >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 8:19 PM Bináris <wikipo...@gmail.com >> <mailto:wikipo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Folks, I really made a lot of effort, even asked somebody to help IRL, but >> > I am tired. >> > >> > I want develop Pywikibot, instead I am struggling with the working >> > environment. Although git is hundred times as complicated as SVN and >> > gerrit is a nightmare, my main problem is with git installing i18n >> > submodule. >> > See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329452 >> > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329452> >> > >> > It causes two main problems: >> > >> > I cannot run tests. I have another copy of Pywikibot from downloaded zip, >> > I can run tests there, but the same command fails in git copy. >> > I cannot push my commits. For some reason an i18n part is always included >> > which makes Jenkins fail. Now I can remove it after pushing, but Jenkins >> > fails again, see https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/888745 >> > <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/888745> >> > >> > Error message: >> > https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/pywikibot-core-tox-doctest-docker/7631/console >> > >> > <https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/pywikibot-core-tox-doctest-docker/7631/console> >> > : FAILURE in 33s >> > I am very frustrated and disappointed, but I cannot do anything until >> > T329452 is solved somehow. >> > >> > -- >> > Bináris >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pywikibot mailing list -- pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org >> > <mailto:pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org> >> > Public archives at >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/MQWDKSWS5LBBEZ4LHOMGAZRKFG3O7OZM/ >> > >> > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/MQWDKSWS5LBBEZ4LHOMGAZRKFG3O7OZM/> >> > To unsubscribe send an email to pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> > <mailto:pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> _______________________________________________ >> pywikibot mailing list -- pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org >> <mailto:pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/QLKUHZGPT4FCVE54ZVR7VSBMOE43VIE6/ >> >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/QLKUHZGPT4FCVE54ZVR7VSBMOE43VIE6/> >> To unsubscribe send an email to pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> <mailto:pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> >> >> -- >> Bináris >> _______________________________________________ >> pywikibot mailing list -- pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/RB3QT4VOE3ULBQWW6L3MA7CB77AMYRZF/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > pywikibot mailing list -- pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BYWHZ3RI7LVXKXOFCMHU3C2WPOMH5VR3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to pywikibot-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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