Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:42:26 + Philip Oakley wrote: [...] > Hi, yes, I was really wanting to hack on the latest version. I've > done a bit on the Msysgit version before, but to get at the Git core > code it looks like working on Linux would be the best approach. So > I'm trying to jump across

Re: [git-users] Why Git is the stupid content tracker

2013-02-04 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
On Monday, February 4, 2013 12:36:17 AM UTC+1, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 03:07:05PM -0800, Vicente Davila wrote: > > > Why GIT is much better tha SVN or CVS ? > > http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/ > > (To all the other subscribers: the post is obvious trolling so I wou

Re: [git-users] Why Git is the stupid content tracker

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 05:27:47 -0800 (PST) Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen wrote: > > > Why GIT is much better tha SVN or CVS ? > > > > http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/ > > > > (To all the other subscribers: the post is obvious trolling so I > > would advise to refrain from attempts to answer it construct

Re: [git-users] checkout version 2.6.30.10 from the official kernel git repository

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 03:52:51 -0800 (PST) martin mangard wrote: > I use various versions of the linux kernel which I compile from > source. I decided to get rid of all my source tar-balls and clone the > git repository of the linux kernel. > http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds

Re: [git-users] checkout version 2.6.30.10 from the official kernel git repository

2013-02-04 Thread martin mangard
Hello Konstantin, thank you for your answer. Yes I have exactly the same problem as discussed on stackoverflow but I haven't found a solution yet. If I print the log of the Toplevel- Makefile which defines the version information I only see 2 two commits between "Linux 2.6.31-rc1" and "Linux 2.6.3

Re: [git-users] Compiling Git on Linux..

2013-02-04 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Konstantin Khomoutov" Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 9:47 AM On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:42:26 + Philip Oakley wrote: [...] Hi, yes, I was really wanting to hack on the latest version. I've done a bit on the Msysgit version before, but to get at the Git core code it looks like working

Re: [git-users] A plead for more meaningful syntax

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 02:02:58PM -0500, Dale R. Worley wrote: > > From: Tristan Stanic > > > > What is the reason the git developers use obscure syntax? This make the git > > learning curve uselessly complex. > > My belief is that the system grew over time, with many people using it > well be

Re: [git-users] checkout version 2.6.30.10 from the official kernel git repository

2013-02-04 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 08:53:55PM +0100, martin mangard wrote: [...] > >> I am new to git and somehow lost in this big repository. What are the > >> right techniques to checkout/find version 2.6.30.10 in this > >> repository? > > > > See http://stackoverflow.com/a/11605138/720999 > > thank you f