From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:59:14 GMT
Subject: Re: What's new in git-gui.git
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705291157540.4648@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20070529041108.GG7044@spearce.org>

Hi,

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Apparently the Linux folks have this new fangled inotify thing that is 
> also good at telling applications about changed files. It seems the hg 
> folks are using it to speed up "hg status" by having a background daemon 
> keep track of which files are dirty, and which aren't.

An SCM which runs a background process? Please, no.

Next thing is, you have a daemon running which permanently scans your 
source code for copynotsoright violations.

Ciao,
Dscho