Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:29:23 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn primer translation to git Message-ID: <CBD55F87-CFC5-4B83-9B5C-1FCD6FD798E1@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20200626104551.uvz6reexkh33myrg@aching.in.mat.cc> References: <CAPyFy2Dy4cLQpgUsk_ushXsQFvRPk2S8SEfgWF=0xibGRGJvKw@mail.gmail.com> <20200625165547.GA75705@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <CAHevUJE-Es=8sw6zGioS-UuaQNhhkbGJZdG9hbsosS7ENYUY-g@mail.gmail.com> <20200625171314.GB75705@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <CANCZdfow92K_a-60VyzhkkCMg7MjXfJz1zwSisGTT1qdTCD31g@mail.gmail.com> <20200625180621.GC75705@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <78984441-460D-477F-939A-9F7237DAD757@langille.org> <20200626104551.uvz6reexkh33myrg@aching.in.mat.cc>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 26 Jun 2020, at 12:45, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 02:10:59PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: >>> On Jun 25, 2020, at 2:06 PM, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> There's a time and place for many foot cannons, but there's no need to >>> even mention them in our documentation unless it's completely essential. >>> People can explore the infinite vastness of git options on their own. >> >> There ^ >> >> Limit the primer to the usual work flow that committer should follow. >> >> Put unusual workflows to other documentation. >> >> Show me how to get the ports tree, make a change, check it in. >> >> Cover common things we used to do, and how to do them now. >> >> For example svn cp, when moving something in the ports tree >> (say from one category to another). What do we do with git? > > That is something we need to decide. > > git does not track copies and moves, it only tries to figure it out > after the fact. > Indeed, and it can also show it in the UI, for example this commit by jkim: https://cgit-beta.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=135e722187e762111e66b94cb159a4daabb9bd4c It doesn't "see" that README was renamed to README.md and subsequently modified, but it does follow the renames of a bunch of source files from contrib/flex/ to contrib/flex/src/. -Dimitry [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.2 iF0EARECAB0WIQR6tGLSzjX8bUI5T82wXqMKLiCWowUCXvX4MwAKCRCwXqMKLiCW o4B3AKC92ZHpMCwsbt+gugLVdVOV80535wCeJkEdhocFFIXAJFkdLzUBtXUoPuM= =xzOU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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