Re: Gitbox
On Apr 13, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Drew Northup wrote:
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> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:41 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>> He's made new porcelein, and using the plumbing directly. That's
>> exactly why we have plumbing in git, right?
>
> If that's what he's doing then why does he state that the git binaries
> are "for your convenience only"--strongly implying his program will work
> in the absence thereof? I'm hoping he just made a typo--as what he said
Yes, it will work without needing the git binaries he includes. If you already have git binaries (e.g., from macports) you can use those. Hence, the ones he provides are for your convenience, letting you use Gitbox without having to deal with finding and installing git yourself.
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