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From: | Trevor Daniels |
Subject: | Re: the "r" in "git pull -r" |
Date: | Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:00:27 +0100 |
Graham Percival wrote Monday, August 10, 2009 9:18 AM
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:45:22AM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:Graham Percival wrote Monday, August 10, 2009 12:48 AMI maoing hate git.Git is fine; the complexity comes from the baroque structures in LilyPond. Let's be thankful Git has tools to cope :)Oh? Didn't you comment that if you had to use git at the beginning, you wouldn't have ever started contributing? Remember Tim's first reaction when he saw the instructions for starting to help the website -- "criminity on a crutch": http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-07/msg00288.html
Yes, but the solution to that was for you to manage git, and for me to send you edited files. That worked fine, and that is what I'd prefer for git-challenged *doc* contributors. As I've said before, I'm happy to manage the git interface for such people. I'd rather have complete edited doc files sent to me rather than trying to help people install git via a recipe and then teaching them how to make valid diffs. Once they've mastered texinfo, are still keen and looking for more challenging work is when git should be mentioned. For potential contributors to the *code* the situation is different. Anyone capable of modifying LP code should have little problem understanding git and using it fully. Although I admit a gentle introduction would be helpful :) Trevor
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