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[PATCH 6/6] Documentation/git-tools: drop references to defunct tools

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2015, 04:00 UTC
Message-ID
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Cogito -- unmaintained since late 2006[1] pg -- URL dead; web searches reveal no information quilt2git -- URL dead; web searches reveal no information (h)gct -- URL dead; no repository activity since 2007[2]

[1]: http://git.or.cz/cogito/ [2]: http://repo.or.cz/w/hgct.git

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---

Perhaps it would be better to drop all items, and retain only the link to the Git wiki?

 Documentation/git-tools.txt | 31 -------------------------------
 1 file changed, 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tools.txt b/Documentation/git-tools.txt
index ab4aab9..48a3595 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tools.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tools.txt
@@ -16,24 +16,6 @@ http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools
 Alternative/Augmentative Porcelains
 -----------------------------------
 
-- *Cogito* (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/)
-+
-Cogito is a version control system layered on top of the Git tree history
-storage system. It aims at seamless user interface and ease of use,
-providing generally smoother user experience than the "raw" Core Git
-itself and indeed many other version control systems.
-+
-Cogito is no longer maintained as most of its functionality
-is now in core Git.
-
-
-- *pg* (http://www.spearce.org/category/projects/scm/pg/)
-+
-pg is a shell script wrapper around Git to help the user manage a set of
-patches to files. pg is somewhat like quilt or StGit, but it does have a
-slightly different feature set.
-
-
 - *StGit* (http://www.procode.org/stgit/)
 +
 Stacked Git provides a quilt-like patch management functionality in the
@@ -84,12 +66,6 @@ git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion
 branch and Git.
 
 
-- *quilt2git / git2quilt* (http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Misc)
-+
-These utilities convert patch series in a quilt repository and commit
-series in Git back and forth.
-
-
 - *hg-to-git* (contrib/)
 +
 hg-to-git converts a Mercurial repository into a Git one, and
@@ -101,13 +77,6 @@ in sync with the master Mercurial repository.
 Others
 ------
 
-- *(h)gct* (http://www.cyd.liu.se/users/~freku045/gct/)
-+
-Commit Tool or (h)gct is a GUI enabled commit tool for Git and
-Mercurial (hg). It allows the user to view diffs, select which files
-to committed (or ignored / reverted) write commit messages and
-perform the commit itself.
-
 - *git.el* (contrib/)
 +
 This is an Emacs interface for Git. The user interface is modelled on
-- 
2.5.0.rc3.407.g68aafd0
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Message 11 of 13 in “minor documentation improvements”
  1. 0/6 minor documentation improvementsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  2. 1/6 Documentation/git-worktree: fix broken 'linkgit' invocationEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  3. 2/6 Documentation/config: mention "now" and "never" for 'expire' settingsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  4. Michael HaggertyJul 27, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineJul 28, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2015
  7. Eric SunshineJul 28, 2015
  8. 3/6 Documentation/git: drop outdated Cogito referenceEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  9. 4/6 Documentation/git-tools: improve discoverability of Git wikiEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  10. 5/6 Documentation/git-tools: fix item text formattingEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  11. 6/6 Documentation/git-tools: drop references to defunct toolsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2015
  13. Eric SunshineJul 24, 2015

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