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Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obvious

From
GPGraham Percival <gpermus@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2006, 21:02 UTC
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<45773002.5020409@gmail.com>
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<20061206172450.GE1714@fieldses.org>
J. Bruce Fields wrote:
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> We should start out with the assumption that a shared repo is already
> set up and make it:
> 
> 	committing to a shared repository
> 	creating a shared repository
> 	importing a cvs archive
> 
> which puts it in stuff-most-people-need-to-know to
> stuff-less-people-need-to-know order.  Maybe the current introduction
> should even be postponed to later.
Yes, definitely!

I'm not complaining about changing to git, but Dscho's comment really rings true:

 > A developer, especially those whom Git is forced upon, have an
 > attention span shorter than their pub1c hair.

I'm in the middle of exam period, I have a term papers to write, and I have two weeks of lilypond bug reports and doc typos to process. I don't care if git can do branches really nicely or walk my dog or cure cancer. I can look at that stuff later -- right now I just want to fix things and upload them.

Cheers,
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  1. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  5. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  8. Daniel BarkalowDec 6, 2006
  9. Tom PrinceDec 6, 2006
  10. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  11. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  14. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  15. cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obviousJohannes Schindelin, Dec 6, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  18. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
  19. New users, was Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obviousJohannes Schindelin, Dec 6, 2006
  20. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  21. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  22. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  23. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 6, 2006
  24. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2006
  25. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  26. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2006
  28. Documentation: reorganize cvs-migration.txtJ. Bruce Fields, Dec 7, 2006
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2006
  30. J. Bruce FieldsDec 7, 2006
  31. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2006
  32. J. Bruce FieldsDec 7, 2006
  33. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2006
  34. J. Bruce FieldsDec 8, 2006
  35. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2006
  36. J. Bruce FieldsDec 9, 2006
  37. Graham PercivalDec 6, 2006
  38. J. Bruce FieldsDec 6, 2006

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