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Re: any info getting a birdview of Git and its test suite?

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2007, 00:26 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
>> First, it would be hard to work on Git in my opinion if you have no 
>> experience with version control (SCM) software.
> 
> I have to disagree. Git is substantially more sane than CVS, so that it is 
> actually _simpler_ to learn Git than to unlearn CVS and _then_ learn Git.

Well, experience may consist of few days playing with Git. But it is not what I wanted to say. I wanted to say that before doing any work on Git tests one should get to know what SCM is about.

By the way, in "more extensive tests" did you want also tests of Git _API_, and not only git commands (porcelain and plumbing)? IIRC the "more tests" proposal for SoC2007 was by you...

(And yes, I think that Git has most sane ideas about SCM).
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. FMar 18, 2007
  2. Brian GernhardtMar 18, 2007
  3. Jakub NarebskiMar 18, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2007
  6. Robin RosenbergMar 19, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  8. Andy ParkinsMar 19, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2007
  10. Nicolas PitreMar 19, 2007
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