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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:55:56 +0200
From:      Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@tu-dortmund.de>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: a4c3b6f622b8 - main - Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git.
Message-ID:  <0c47579d-9221-4bb4-4298-fac4cff3c543@tu-dortmund.de>
In-Reply-To: <20210412120941.ro5rv7vaokglgt7l@aching.in.mat.cc>
References:  <202104061040.136Ae3MR086471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <8cde99cd-c64a-a85e-68dd-94bcf1d6999b@pfeifer.com> <20210412120941.ro5rv7vaokglgt7l@aching.in.mat.cc>

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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.



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