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Re: Adding Git to Better SCM Initiative : Comparison

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JHJan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Date
Nov 29, 2007, 07:17 UTC
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<200711290248.23239.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 02:48:22 +0100, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> I did start doing this so here's my version (pre-msysgit). Please try to bring up the defintion
> of "atomic" again with the author. I did complain a little but nothing happened. The issue is
> that Clearcase is listed as having "atomic" commits which is not true for any usable definition
> of atomic in SCM context. With the definition in use there I think CVS should be considered
> having atomic commits too, at least I've never seen a half-committed file there.

Actually, I did. Or rather, I did see a commit, that didn't make it to the server, but the client thought it did!

Maybe instead of asking the author to change the definition of atomic, ask him to add an item for whole-tree commits. That more precisely describes what is the point.

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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  1. Jakub NarebskiNov 28, 2007
  2. Robin RosenbergNov 29, 2007
  3. Jan HudecNov 29, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2007
  5. Alex RiesenNov 29, 2007
  6. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2007
  7. Johan HerlandNov 30, 2007
  8. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2007
  9. Alex RiesenNov 30, 2007
  10. Jan HudecNov 30, 2007
  11. Jakub NarebskiDec 3, 2007

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