Re: VCS comparison table
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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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- Oct 18, 2006, 21:44 UTC
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:37:03 -0400 Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Today Git is typically extended (at least initially in prototyping > mode) through Perl, Python, TCL or Bourne shell scripts. Although > the first three are available natively on Windows the last requires > Cygwin... and we've had some issues with ActiveState Perl on Windows > in the past too.
Just for kicks and giggles it would be nice if someone tried out one of the native Windows bourne shell ports[1] just to see how much is missing. A bunch of command line utilities would have to be ported as well; maybe too many. But i've held out booting a Windows box for a long time so.... not it!
Sean
[1] For example, http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/bash/