Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:27:41 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@tu-dortmund.de> Cc: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>, 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: <20210413092741.qz4vdhfhss74mtle@aching.in.mat.cc> 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>
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--oitlr3g7h6fuv4ih Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:55:56PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > 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. > >>> =20 > >>> - 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= =20 > >> invokes as "mfh $COMMITID" for the quarterly branch as in the past. > >> > >> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#ports-qa-misc-c= ommit-mfh=20 > >> has instructions on how to do this manually, alas that is quite not=20 > >> as convenient - and hence likely to be used - as the nice original=20 > >> mfh tool. > >=20 > > Well, with Git, mfh would end up being: > >=20 > > git checkout 2021Q2 > > git cherry-pick -x $COMMITID > > git push origin 2021Q2 > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 >=20 > 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. At one point, it feels like learning how to use Git is a prerequisite in order to be a FreeBSD developer. --=20 Mathieu Arnold --oitlr3g7h6fuv4ih Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAABCgB9FiEEVhwchfRfuV0unqO5KesJApEdfgIFAmB1ZAlfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDU2 MUMxQzg1RjQ1RkI5NUQyRTlFQTNCOTI5RUIwOTAyOTExRDdFMDIACgkQKesJApEd fgLYZQ//bno/E0kujpCP+5wmcOO9GNeNz7R+MM/lAEhbwRty6wvdLY8r+ga0umJY 20tUlcLQrqcUXFm1VavARbtIL4/GqYvscyKunVGp5+PbbcOC4aTWUzi8iywfDMhO 89M5z9W0g00ASY2P31y+LuOgUdBHFak8hDn8zZFUGd3IlhsJB4Dp/UBB5ajs+6PD PVtiEhWxWU8bqSLVJ2awh/0dnSxAXrL99v4qJpU02J/OW8T9lnhQCEJf3GxNY8nL xLGT8ME1pYoFsH/Yg1ROQYR1rln6MXx4NzIlCbSWO9yVJBnd8PWfFiM3A5ZIunDR ZcZKHIeU6E/1Yz3YYcoPOHB/PmBGw1ORLPG+R782GieHpIvto9NemRCCu9praCPe 8RjJGDA3drmY69H7eMud8ucBI9wNwi9R3Rb/m4eT2rra/+er9Yih2v10JcErXTHn vQOlTKd/7qDKyu/0bvl1fl9csaQu4WmH6OSPOFq2X1RnpibUvKjPtq/jQngEKKit 9EycNkLNlKtV5Xp4qAFih8+Cf4TkXbnhquZ2vryZiymQH+FTxU/ukADw222f2Tm4 WkOkTe8PXyAQpcOtRmJq6s56nuFcNqQhw+XFh4XiTY4TvAl6t13GZdLR5OJsXeZa eGuiXJ+iNqDu3GawHxZFUmML83U8mDTDXczsx9icNwqyVdSXIjk= =/qBb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oitlr3g7h6fuv4ih--
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