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Re: [PATCH] Cogito documentation updates

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2005, 14:33 UTC
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>>>>> "Jonas" == Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> writes:

Jonas> Ah, yes. I just recently tried local cloning on a FreeBSD box and it Jonas> worked fine (apart from it spitting out a few errors, see the log below) Jonas> and since the caveat section only mentioned the -u option I thought Jonas> everything was fine. However, cloning a specific branch hits the error. Jonas> So maybe the caveat section should just be updated to say that the -d Jonas> option is required.

But instead of targeting GNU tools, why not target POSIX tools where possible?

I realize I'm being a rebel here. I want to use git on non-Linux platforms. I believe git is useful for far more than Linux Kernel development, and you're this --> <-- close to making it work.

Delete the -d switch, or explain to me why it is there, and let's work out a POSIX workaround.

I'm not asking for everyone to be cautious when contributing code. I'll be happy to be "mr portability" and figure out how to make it still work on OpenBSD and Darwin (my two platforms of choice).

However, as I said in another posting, maybe I just need to understand the target market first. (I realize that goal #1 is Linux Kernel development.)

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  2. Randal L. SchwartzNov 20, 2005
  3. Jonas FonsecaNov 23, 2005
  4. Randal L. SchwartzNov 23, 2005
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 23, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsNov 23, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisNov 27, 2005
  9. Cogito documentation updatesJonas Fonseca, Nov 26, 2005

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