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Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:14:00 -0800 |
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Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> I find these markers useful when comparing file dates when updating
> old software, and I think it would be a clear disadvantage if moving
> to git won't make the same thing possible.
They are controversial. I'd rather remove them, at least in the files
I help maintain. They cause me more problems than they cure, because
they introduce spurious changes. Call me an Aristotelian if you like,
but I prefer to keep metadata separate from data.
While I'm throwing oil onto the fire, I have a similar opinion of the
version numbers we maintain in the .m4 files. They're even worse,
since they're maintained by hand.
- converting gnulib: cvs to git, Jim Meyering, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Simon Josefsson, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git,
Paul Eggert <=
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Bob Proulx, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Karl Berry, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Simon Josefsson, 2006/12/04
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/05
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Nix, 2006/12/05
- Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git, Jim Meyering, 2006/12/04