From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:02:12 GMT Subject: Re: How is git used as other than the project's version control? Message-ID: <49F6A9F4.8040408@op5.se> In-Reply-To: <20090428014434.GA6462@coredump.intra.peff.net> Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:55:38PM -0400, John Dlugosz wrote: > >> I'm interested in finding out how people use git "on the side", when it >> is not the project's actual version control system. > > One of the nice things about git (and other distributed VCS's) is that > creating a repo is very lightweight. If I am going to write a patch for > some other software, the first thing I'll do after untarring it is "git > init; git add .; git commit -m import". So it kind of blurs the concept > of "what is the project's actual version control system" as you wrote > above. If you consider the project to be my patch, it _is_ the VCS. Even > though upstream may not be using it. > This... > And of course, if I am going to do multiple patches, then I may convert > and track upstream's history via git. > ... although I usually *always* do this, even if it's only one patch. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Register now for Nordic Meet on Nagios, June 3-4 in Stockholm http://nordicmeetonnagios.op5.org/ Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace.