From owner-dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Mon Apr 12 21:55:59 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-ports-main@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C229C5DFE9D; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:55:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.andree@tu-dortmund.de) Received: from unimail.uni-dortmund.de (mx1.hrz.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.128.51]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "unimail.tu-dortmund.de", Issuer "DFN-Verein Global Issuing CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FK2cH3cNkz3CTh; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.andree@tu-dortmund.de) Received: from mandree.no-ip.org (p4fe52273.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.229.34.115]) (authenticated bits=0) by unimail.uni-dortmund.de (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPSA id 13CLtufZ008985 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:55:56 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tu-dortmund.de; s=unimail; t=1618264557; bh=2oJn0pGMTVDs9Qg+Y3v18W2bZFplAjLl4dX6Y6VOI4M=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=Z+rAJ/gPQpdEhMRnC+GxUMbplyZHdtJ9TDm2FTjz79L0GbQZtjyikPbuEEBzCNae5 NjiWIDsLTd99CtEyqazxh4LCoYBRkW3VPI+YEtnM9sBvHP9xyxOn6xynhBafBSfFF+ X/3xyg3DoFFg9r4IcCqbZ1KJ8SIqFj2vO/DHWEvM= Received: from ryzen.an3e.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by ryzen.an3e.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9238A122DC7; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:55:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: git: a4c3b6f622b8 - main - Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git. To: Mathieu Arnold , Gerald Pfeifer Cc: Rene Ladan , ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org References: <202104061040.136Ae3MR086471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <8cde99cd-c64a-a85e-68dd-94bcf1d6999b@pfeifer.com> <20210412120941.ro5rv7vaokglgt7l@aching.in.mat.cc> From: Matthias Andree Message-ID: <0c47579d-9221-4bb4-4298-fac4cff3c543@tu-dortmund.de> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:55:56 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210412120941.ro5rv7vaokglgt7l@aching.in.mat.cc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FK2cH3cNkz3CTh X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commits to the main branch of the FreeBSD ports repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:55:59 -0000 Am 12.04.21 um 14:09 schrieb Mathieu Arnold: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:57:20PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Apr 2021, Rene Ladan wrote: >>> Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git. >>> >>> - mfh: this is replaced by 'git cherry-pick -x HASH' >> >> I believe it would be useful to still have such a tool that one simply >> invokes as "mfh $COMMITID" for the quarterly branch as in the past. >> >> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#ports-qa-misc-commit-mfh >> has instructions on how to do this manually, alas that is quite not >> as convenient - and hence likely to be used - as the nice original >> mfh tool. > > Well, with Git, mfh would end up being: > > git checkout 2021Q2 > git cherry-pick -x $COMMITID > git push origin 2021Q2 > > I would rather committers learn how to use git (it is, after all, what > they are here for) and then, they can magically now test before pushing. > This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose. Committers/developers are not here to learn Git, but they are here to develop. Git is a tool, not an end in itself. I also ask to revive the tool. If it's so simple then there is no need to kill it.