Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:19:43 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> Why do you need an MSYSGit shell open at all times?
> >
> > Because that's the only way to ensure everything in git will work as
> > best as it can.
> >
> >> Have you tried any of the Emacs interfaces for Git? (I highly
> >> recommend Magit, which is *immensely* more convenient than the
> >> command line for everyday's work)
> >
> > I don't trust any of these interfaces to work correctly with MSYS
> > based commands and scripts, sorry.
> 
> So you are using an inconvenient setup because you are afraid of
> hypothetical problems and refuse to switch to an alternative, convenient
> setup because you are afraid of other, even more hypothetical problems?
> :-)

They are not hypothetical, believe me.  I have a lot gray hair to
vouch for that, and too little time to waste on this again.

> I'm using MSYSGit + VC + Magit on Windows for several years and it never
> caused a single data-loss issue.

Good for you.