Re: Scribblings for a cogito/git tutorial

From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Oct 21, 2005, 21:46 UTC
Message-ID: <200510212146.j9LLkun3004745@inti.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <pasky@suse.cz>

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:

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> Dear diary, on Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:04:54PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> told me that...
> > I've also been asked around here for a cogito+git tutorial, to that end
> > I've made up a script that simulates several developers interacting.
> > Hacking around is simulated by patching, ed(1) scripts (merges don't turn
> > out the same diff every time), and plain copying new files in. I've set up
> > a GPG key with an empty passphrase (comment is "Experimental") to have
> > signed tags, etc. in a convenient manner. The idea is to create interesting
> > histories (for browsing) and show off the commands in a compact way. If
> > only there was a convenient way to run a strech of the (bash) script, look
> > at the results, and then resume...
> > 
> > Comments, suggestions, patches are welcome! 
> > 
> > Repository of the script and supporting files is at
> > <http://pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl/Script.git>

> Thanks, it's very nice! If you don't mind (actually, is it / can it be GPL?),

Certainly, I realized later that I didn't clarify the license. It's on my TODO list ;-)

I'm also thinking on changing the octopus example into one that works and clean up some stuff. And perhaps make Bob into a diehard git user, for contrast.

> I added it to Cogito as Documentation/tutorial-script/ .

I'm honored.

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