Re: VCS comparison table
- From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Oct 19, 2006, 11:24 UTC
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- <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610191321090.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Charles Duffy wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > I presume that for this reason you will also never, _never_ use a > > > non-mainline branch of git -- even if its actual code only touches UI > > > enhancements or something similarly non-core > > > > > > > NO! The point was that I will not gladly run anything which could change the > > core. If I know it touches only the UI, there is no problem. > > > > If you're willing to look at the source of a branch to know that it > touches only the UI, why would you not be willing to look at the source > of a plugin to do the same thing?
That is why I said I'd be gladly using a shell-script using git-core programs. It is typically no more than 20 lines, and I can review that quite easily.
> Shell scripts allow for a fragile system because they could include C code > snippets which they then compile and LD_PRELOAD.
Well, I do not expect people to misbehave. You do not compile a nasty C-program from a shell script _by mistake_.
I also expect people not to constantly miss my point. It could be that I am not as proficient in the English language as I thought. In that case, I'll better shut up.
Ciao, Dscho