From owner-dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Tue Apr 13 06:56:33 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 DB7C85D47FB; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:56:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@nours.eu) Received: from aniel.nours.eu (ns393929.ip-176-31-115.eu [176.31.115.77]) (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 did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FKGc15HrCz3tJf; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@nours.eu) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (static-176-139-45-74.ftth.abo.bbox.fr [176.139.45.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by aniel.nours.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 504B9B2845; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:56:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:56:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Matthias Andree Cc: Mathieu Arnold , Gerald Pfeifer , Rene Ladan , ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Message-ID: <469f0c3b-120e-45c3-b3bd-6cd39f028425@nours.eu> In-Reply-To: <0c47579d-9221-4bb4-4298-fac4cff3c543@tu-dortmund.de> References: <202104061040.136Ae3MR086471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <8cde99cd-c64a-a85e-68dd-94bcf1d6999b@pfeifer.com> <20210412120941.ro5rv7vaokglgt7l@aching.in.mat.cc> <0c47579d-9221-4bb4-4298-fac4cff3c543@tu-dortmund.de> Subject: Re: git: a4c3b6f622b8 - main - Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Correlation-ID: <469f0c3b-120e-45c3-b3bd-6cd39f028425@nours.eu> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FKGc15HrCz3tJf 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: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:56:33 -0000 12 avr. 2021 23:56:02 Matthias Andree : > 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: >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Remove two tools that are no longer useful with Git= . >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - 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-co= mmit-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.=C2=A0 Git is a tool, not an end in itself. > > I also ask to revive the tool.=C2=A0 If it's so simple then there is no n= eed > to kill it. Nothing prevent anyone from writing such a tool and committing, noone in th= e git WG felt like necessary to do it. Noone from portmgr thinks it is nece= ssary hence the tool dying as it is svn only. Now the directory where the tool live is full of helpers "unofficial" so fe= el free to add you own tool and even name it mfh if you think it is worth i= t. Bapt